The TRW Aesthetic Experience
The
Ade Bethune Collection
Description
Ade Bethune (1914-2002) was an artist, writer and liturgical consultant. She was mentored by Dorothy Day and others in the Catholic Worker movement. The masthead she drew remains on the Catholic Worker newspaper to this day.Ade was especially known for her drawings of saints and Biblical scenes. Her depictions of everyday people going about their lives often showed them caring for the ill and homeless.
Born in
Belgium, Ade lived most of her life in New York and Newport, R.I. Her
collection of art and papers was given to the College of St. Catherine
in 1984.
How to visit the collection
Examples
of art by Ade Bethune can be
viewed in the Centers of Excellence, Room 214 in the Coeur de Catherine.
The entire collection is house in the lower level of the Library's south
wing and is open by appointment only. Please visit the COE Room 214 first,
and use the resources listed below. If you'd still like more information
than is provided here, call Deborah Kloiber at
651-690-6599.
Books
Proud Donkey of Schaerbeek: Ade Bethune, Catholic Worker Artist by Sister Judith Stoughton, CSJ, published by North Star Press, St. Cloud, MN. Official biography of Ade Bethune. Copies can be found in the CSC Library's reference and circulating collections, call number NE 539 .B4 S8Web Links
The Ade Bethune Collection at the College of St. Catherine