Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Arrangement with Open Door
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Belmont Harbor
woodcut
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Chicago Winter
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Frozen Forms
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
In Lucerne
oil on canvas
30 x 50"
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Jewish Refugees
lithograph
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Maurice and Louise at Home
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Sailing Scene
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Self-Portrait
30 x 24 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Still Life
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Surrealist Houses
lithograph
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
The Sanctuary
casein
21 x 29 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
untitled
oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
untitled, circa 1960
oil on board
40 x 30 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Wedding
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Winter Scene Around Back, circa 1935
oil on board
28 x 30 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Mexican Boy, 1930s
lithograph
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Mexican Women
lithograph
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
untitled, 1930s
lithograph
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Fish Tails and Scales, 1933
woodblock print
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Untitled (Rooftopsd), circa 1935
oil on canvas
Courtesy of Richard Norton Gallery
20 x 24 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
At the Lakefront, 1937
oil on canvas
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Escape Route, 1940
conte crayon
Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
town scene, 1940
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Dancers, circa 1950
oil on canvas
50 x 22 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Boy with Dog, 1951
oil on canvas
32 x 21.25 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
"It Came to Pass, 1951
lithograph
Collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Untitled (Lighting the Menorah), 1951
gouache
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Escape
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Mexican Village, 1951
lithograph
Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
New Orleans, 1951
lithograph
10.5 x 8 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Affection, 1952
lithograph
Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago
6.69 x 4.72 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Distraction, 1952
lithograph
13 x 11.5 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Abstract, circa 1950
mixed media
31 x 23 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Concord, 1952
oil on board
20 x 23.75 inches
Louise Dunn Yochim (1909-2003)
Bather, circa 1960
oil on board
18 x 8 inches
Artist Details
Louise
Dunn
birth name: Liuba Dichne
Yochim
Maurice Yochim (April 17, 1908-July 30, 1986); artist (painting, lithography, sculpture)
1940: working as school teacher at Kelvyn Park High School (Wrightwood and Kostner streets)
He studied at and later exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, and also exhibited at the Chicago Non-Juried Society of Artists.
assistant professor at Chicago Teachers College and art director for the Jewish Board of Education, director of Fisher Hall Todros-Geller Art Galleries, and finally professor of art at Northeastern Illinois University.
n/a
Jerome (Chicago, Illinois February 23, 1933-?)
attended Sullivan High School
possibly attended University of Illinois, lived in Noble House
became a doctor
possibly later 2565 Arkansas St., Lawrence, Kansas, 66046-4533
May 18, 1909
Olevsk, Zhitomir, Ukraine
July 17, 2003
Skokie, Illinois
Jewish, Ukranian
Olevsk, Ukraine
1924-2003: Chicago, Illinois
1930 census: 1553 Ridgeway Ave., Chicago, Illinois; 5 other families living there
1933-1940: renting 1353 Greenleaf, Chicago, Illinois, apparently 5 other families living there
European Gymnasium
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
MA from University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1962: Ph.D. from University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Midwest United States
Mexico
Array
possibly June 11-July 7, 1929: Annual Exhibition of Student Work, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; 3 designs
June 12-July 13, 1930: Annual Exhibition of Student Work, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Composition, pencil
January 31-March 10, 1935: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: Roof Tops
January 30-March 1, 1936: Fortieth Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: The Responsibility
March 12-April 26, 1942: Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, The Art Institute of Chicago; “What God Hath Joined, Let No Man Put Asunder”
May 25-August 31, 1956: Artist Members Exhibition, Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois
February 12-26, 1957: 1957 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois; Autumn, Lake Place; Emerging Patterns, Chicago, 1956
June 4-August 31, 1957: Artist Members Exhibition, Renaissance Society of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1958: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
May 26-August 29, 1958: Artist Members Exhibition, Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois
1958: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1958: Butler Institute of American Art, Cleveland, Ohio
1958: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
June 8-August 28, 1959: Artist Members Exhibition, Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois
1960: First Federal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [solo]
1965: Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1966-1970, 1972-1973, 1975-1977: University Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1974: University Club of Chicago, Illinois [solo]
American-Jewish At League
Detroit
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists. Artists native to the United States or working in the United States from 1606 to 2002. Four volumes. Edited by Anita Jacobsen. Carrollton, TX: A.J. Publications, 2002.
Who's Who in World Jewry. A biographical dictionary of outstanding Jews. Edited by I.J. Carmin Karpman. New York: Pitman Publishing Corp., 1972. (WhoWorJ 1972) Who's Who in World Jewry. A biographical dictionary of outstanding Jews. Edited by I.J. Carmin Karpman. Tel-Aviv, Israel: Olive Books of Israel, 1978. (WhoWorJ 1978)\
“Louise D. Yochim devotes a lifetime to art,” Highland Park Newspaper, August 6, 1998, p. B4
American Jewish Art Club; founding member 1926, originally called “Around the Palette”
Chicago Society of Artists, Chicago, Illinois (president 1973-1979)
1932: Woman's Aid Scholarship, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1948: Todros Geller Award for painting,
1955: L M Stein Award for painting,
1955: Nathan Schwartz Award,
1958: Emily Bernstein Award; possibly Untitled, circa 1960, oil on board, 40 x 30”
1959: Susan Fried Award,
1959: Honorable Mention, Old Orchard Festival Award, Skokie, Illinois
1961: Todros Geller Award for painting,
1970: Honorable Mention, Chicago Society of Artists exhibit, Chicago, Illinois
1970, 1977: Spertus College of Judaica,
1930-1932: Teacher, Junior School Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1932: Teacher, Longfellow School, Oak Park, Illinois
1932: Teacher, Longfellow School, Oak Park, Illinois
1934-1944: Teacher, Lake View Evening High School, Lake View, Illinois
1930-1950: Teacher, Chicago Public High Schools (Steinmetz, Wells), Chicago, Illinois
1950-1971: Supervisor of Art, Board of Education, Chicago, Illinois1952: Teacher, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts,
1952, 1953, 1960: Teacher, Chicago Teachers College, Chicago, Illinois
left Libau, Latvia on December 26, 1923 aboard the Estonia, arrived in New York City on January 11, 1924 with family; 3 youngest kids hospitalized for a time at Ellis Island
Marlene Targ Brill wrote Picture Girl (2018) in the Becoming American Kids series from Golden Alley Press based on Yochim's life: An independent, feisty girl, Luba Dichne drew constantly—after school, in storm shelters hiding from murderous Cossacks, and on the SS Estonia on her way from Ukraine to America. By the time Luba and her family finally saw the Statue of Liberty, they had suffered violence, injuries, illnesses, and a storm at sea. Safely on Ellis Island, things turned bleak once again. The immigration quota for Ukrainians had been filled while Luba’s twin siblings were recovering from measles. It looked like the family would have to return to Ukraine, where they were hated for their faith. Then a guard saw Luba’s drawing of President Woodrow Wilson, and everything changed.