Genevieve "Gennie" DeWeese (née Adams; January 10, 1921 – November 26, 2007) was a modernist painter and prominent member of the art community in Bozeman, Montana. Gennie and her husband, Robert "Bob" DeWeese were notable for the major role they played in the development of the Montana contemporary arts community. Early life Genevieve Adams was born on January 10, 1921, in Indianapolis, Indiana. She also lived in St. Louis, Missouri, Gross Pointe, Michigan, and Columbus, Ohio. DeWeese graduated from Ohio State University, where she studied with Hoyt Sherman, with a bachelor's degree in fine arts. There, she also met her future husband, Bob DeWeese. In 1943, she received a teaching certificate from the University of Michigan. Gennie moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where she taught school. She also lived briefly in New York City and Battle Creek, Michigan, where she did occupational therapy at an army hospital during World War II. Following the war, Gennie moved to Detroit, Michigan. There, she worked as a substitute teacher three days a week and painted the other four. After her marriage to Bob DeWeese, the couple lived briefly in Iowa City, Iowa; Columbus, Ohio; and Lubbock, Texas, before moving to Bozeman, Montana. DeWeese settled in Bozeman, Montana, in 1949 with her husband, Robert DeWeese, an instructor of Art at Montana State College. Art career in Montana Gennie’s husband, Bob, taught art at Montana State College (now Montana State University) while Gennie maintained a studio at their home. She both painted and exhibited her work as well as raising the couple’s four children. She began working on a master’s thesis at Montana State College and then had her fifth child, Josh. Gennie and Bob became prominent members of the Montana art and intellectual community and are credited with the development of the modern art movement in Montana. Art style Gennie DeWeese's early work is characterized by thick brushwork and domestic subjects. Later in her career, she moved toward landscapes and non-objective abstractions. DeWeese was known for her landscape paintings and woodblock prints. She and her husband were credited with “bringing modernism and non-objective expressionism” to Montana and other regions of the West. The subjects of her early work were primarily landscapes and her family, including her children. After moving to the Cottonwood Canyon in 1965, DeWeese began creating contemporary non-objective work. She moved from the oils and ink sketches that she had used previously and