Westphal was born in Los Angeles in 1919. She went to the local City College to train in commercial art. She hated it: too many rules. So she transferred to the University of California at Berkeley, concentrating primarily on painting, though she also learned to weave and print textiles. After graduating in 1945, she got a job teaching in Wyoming.
Additional Artworks
From San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
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Rosemary Eichorn
Coat “Humble Origins”, 1994
Cotton
50 x 48 in (127.0 x 121.92 cm)
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Ruth Dundas
Time Warp (Woman with Green Hair), 1991
Wool and linen
42 x 42 x 1.5 in (106.68 x 106.68 x 3.81 cm)
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Ruth Dundas
Time Warp (Woman in Blue Jacket), 1991
Wool, linen, wood stretcher
42 x 42 x 1.5 in (106.68 x 106.68 x 3.81 cm)
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Ruth Dundas
Time Warp (Man with Cowrie Shell Necklace), 1991
Wool and linen
42 x 42 x 1.5 in (106.68 x 106.68 x 3.81 cm)
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Ruth Dundas
Time Warp (Man in Blue Jacket), 1991
Wool and linen
42 x 42 x 1.5 in (106.68 x 106.68 x 3.81 cm)
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Ruth Dundas
The Photographer, 1988
Wool
36 x 48 in (91.44 x 121.92 cm)
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Ruth Dundas
Veils, 1988
Wool, with padding covered with linen
60 x 112 x 5 in (152.4 x 284.48 x 12.7 cm)
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Deborah Hildreth
Taxi #4 (The Urban Chase), 1986
Wool
48 x 48 in (121.92 x 121.92 cm)
About the artist
Katherine Westphal
1919-2018