Artist

Helen Rae

American, 1938–2021

Helen Rae was an American artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art.

Helen Rae (1938–2021) was an American outsider artist. Rae used fashion magazines as the inspiration and starting point for her colored-pencil drawings. A self-taught artist, Rae was deaf and non-verbal. She lived in Claremont California all of her life, and received recognition for her work late in life. Rae held her first solo exhibition in 2016, at age 76.

Collections represented

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