![]() ![]() ![]() The onset of World War I forced Wood to return to the United States. Because she was fluent in French, they sent her to Paris, where she studied acting at the Comédie-Française and art at the prestigious Académie Julian. Eventually her parents agreed to let her study painting. ![]() Despite her parents' strong opposition, Wood insisted on pursuing a career in the arts. After the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the family moved to New York. ![]() Beatrice Wood died nine days after her 105th birthday in Ojai, California.īeatrice Wood was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of wealthy socialites. She partially inspired the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic after the director read Wood's autobiography while developing the film. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada". She later worked at sculpture and pottery. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. Untitled (Two Women) earthenware with glazes by Beatrice Wood, 1990īeatrice Wood (Ma– March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Avant Garde movement in the United States she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917. ![]()
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