Judy Takács is a contemporary figurative painter, known for her realistic paintings from her ongoing, traveling portrait series, Chicks with Balls: Judy Takács paints unsung female heroes. “Takács is a figurative artist who tells stories about people who have something uplifting to share.” She is an elected member of, and past Social Media Chair for Allied Artists of America. She is past Social Media Chair and Literature Committee writer for the Cecilia Beaux Forum of the Portrait Society of America. In 2018, Takács was elected to membership in the Salmagundi Art Club and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in New York City. She holds Signature Status with Portrait Society of America, American Women Artists and Akron Society of Artists. She lives and works in Solon, Ohio.
Judy Takács in her studio
#Me(dusa)too, oil on canvas, Judy Takács
Arachne, Predator and Prey, Judy Takács, oil on canvas, 2018
The Pledge, Judy Takács, oil on canvas with collage, 2023
Cleveland Institute of Art
The Cleveland Institute of Art, previously Cleveland School of Art, is a private college focused on art and design and located in Cleveland, Ohio.
Frederick Gottwald taught at the Western Reserve School of Design for Women, and it has been said that he "contributed more than any other person to Cleveland's artistic development".
Cleveland Institute of Art, c. 1900.
Cleveland Institute of Art's (old) George Gund Building
The institute's McCullough Center is a former Ford Model T factory at Euclid Avenue and East 116th Street
