Ellen Lanyon interview, 1975 Dec. 5
Lanyon, Ellen,
b. 1926
Painter, Printmaker
New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.
Collection size: 5 sound tapes ; 5 in. (214 p. transcript)
Collection Summary: Interview of Ellen Lanyon conducted by James Crawford. Lanyon speaks of family background; interests in art and music and collecting objects and antiques; her early art education; remembrances of 1933 Chicago World's Fair; Art Institute; Oxbow Summer School of Painting; her work and techniques; exhibitions; Institute of Design; marriage and move to University of Iowa; Iowa art department, Iowa print group; Fulbright to England; travel in France and Italy; return to Chicago; founding of graphic workshop; Hairy Who group; The Imagists; Seven and Up exhibitions; Red Grooms in Chicago; and commissions. She recalls George Buehr, Margo Hoff, Dudley Crafts Watson, Vera Berdich, Joseph Hirsch, Carl Schneiwind, Kathleen Blackshear, Mauricio Lasansky, Gertrude Abercrombie, Julius Carleback, Roland Ginzel, and Edgar Rupprecht.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, printmaker; Chicago, Illinois. Born 1926.
Provenance unknown.
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