Jesselyn Benson Zurik, 1916-2012
Jesselyn Benson Zurik created paintings, sculptures, and drawings all her life and exhibited them worldwide. She excelled in creating assemblages steeped in architectural and industrial patterns.
From childhood, she was a serious artist and her studies continued all her life. During the war years, she worked as a draftswoman for Higgins Industries, and she also worked for a number of jewelry stores. At the end of her life, her art was a part of 52 private collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, France, Israel, Italy, and Switzerland. In addition, her art had been exhibited in many, many juried and invitational shows, as well as in magazines. She was very generous in supporting artists, especially in the 1997 establishment of the Jesselyn Zurik Fund for Research at her alma mater of Newcomb College.
Jesselyn Benson Zurik. “Two Newcomb Students.” Gouache on Paper, ca. 1938.
Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
Jesselyn Benson Zurik. “Those Were the Days.” Wooden plank with flourishes from ship mast and figurehead, ca. 1980. Newcomb Archives, Tulane University.
Jesselyn Benson Zurik. Photograph of the artist before Newcomb exhibition, 1985. Newcomb Archives, Tulane University.
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