Alice Shaddle

Alice Shaddle Baum (1928 – 2017) was an American sculptor, collage artist, and founding member of the Artemisia Gallery in Chicago.

Biography Shaddle was born on December 21, 1928, in Hinsdale, Illinois. She attended Oberlin College for a short while before transferring to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her BFA in 1954 and her MFA in 1972.

In 1954, Shaddle married artist and curator Don Baum, with whom she had two children. Shaddle and Baum separated in 1970.

Shaddle taught at Hyde Park Art Center for over 50 years She also taught at Old Town Art Center (1978–1985) and the Triangle Art Center (1978–1979).

Shaddle died on November 27, 2017. Her work was exhibited was exhibited widely in Chicago and the vicinity, including at Hyde Park Art Center, Artemisia Gallery, Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.

Her work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the Illinois State Museum.