Valenti Angelo (1897 - 1982)

     Book illustrator and author, Angelo was born in Italy and immigrated to the United States as a young boy. Living in New York he became a book illustrator producing works for over 140 books.  Occasionally he produced individual prints such as Juniper Tree.

 

Dean Babcock (1888-1969)

     Following study at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Babcock made his home and studio in a remote log cabin in the Long's Peak region of Colorado.  There he pursued his interest in wood-block printmaking by capturing the dramatic landscape of the region.  His works are in the permanent collections of the Denver Museum of Art. 

 

Gustave Baumann (1881-1971)

     After studying art at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Baumann returned to his native Germany to study the art of the color woodcut.  By 1909 he was back in the United States working in an artist's colony in Nashville, Indiana where he began working on a series of ambitiously large and complex color woodcuts.  Winning many awards for his artistic achievements, Baumann settled permanently in Taos, New Mexico.

 

Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971)

     Botke was born in Chicago, where she studied at the School of The Art Institute.  She became well known as a painter of birds and landscapes, though she retained her early interest in printmaking.  She collaborated with her husband Cornelis on murals and other commissions.  She is represented in the Chicago Municipal Gallery and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

 

Wendell Corwin Chase (1897-1988)

     A naturalist as well as an artist, Chase was born in Seattle, Washington.  He and his brother Waldo taught themselves the art of wood-block printmaking in the Japanese tradition.  Chase's love of nature prompted him to live in a tepee in the Pacific Northwest for a period of time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Colwell (1881- c.1954)

     Born in Michigan, Colwell studied under B.J.O. Nordfeldt in Chicago and was a member of the Chicago Society of Etchers.  She is represented in the print collections of The Art Institute of Chicago and the New York Public Library. 

 

Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922)

     The central figure in American color wood-block printmaking at the turn of the century, Dow as born in Ipswich, Massachusetts and studied at the Academie Julian in Paris.  He exhibited in several Paris salons in the 1880's and the Universal Exposition in 1889, before returning to the United States.  In the 1890's he worked in the Japanese art department of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston under Ernest Fenollosa and began doing color woodcuts in the traditional Japanese style.  His innovative prints were far-reaching in their influence.  As an educator Dow's aesthetic theories, writings, and teaching methods were felt across the country. 

 

Elbert Eastmond (1876-1936)

     Eastmond studied at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and later under Pedro J. de Lemos at Stanford University.  After studying in Europe, Eastmond returned to his native Utah at the outbreak of World War I, and became a well-known painter, set designer and printmaker.  He became head of the art department at Brigham Young University, a position he held until his death.

 

Frank Morley Fletcher (1866-1949)

     Director of the art department at Reading University College in England, Fletcher developed an interest in Japanese style color wood-block cutting from a pamphlet written and published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1892.  He revitalized the color wood-block process in England and helped to support the revival already under way in the United States.  He was invited in 1923 to Santa Barbara, California, to found an art school, through which he inspired a generation of California artists.

 

Eliza Draper Gardiner (1871-1955)

     A painter and printmaker, Gardiner studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and in Europe.  Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, she was active in numerous professional organizations including the Provincetown Art Association, Print Makers Society of California, and the Philadelphia Woodcut Society.  Gardiner is represented in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Art and the Bibliotheque Nationale.

 

 

 

 

 

Pedro J. De Lemos (1882-1945)

     Growing up in Oakland, California, de Lemos studied art in San Francisco before making his way to New York where he studied at the Art Students League and with Arthur Wesley Dow at Teachers' College, Columbia University.  Returning to California de Lemos became the leading exponent of the arts and crafts movement.  As a printmaker he worked in a variety of media including etchings, aquatints and relief prints in color.  However, his most influential roles were those of teacher, theorist, author and arts administrator. 

 

Tod Lindenmuth (1885-1976)

     Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of an artist and photographer, Lindenmuth studied in New York.  He first exhibited in Provincetown in 1915.  Lindenmuth was an original member of the Provincetown Printers, as well as a member of the Provincetown Art Association.  His works are in the permanent collections of the Toledo Museum of Art, the New York Public Library and the Pennsylvania State University Museum. 

 

Bertha Lum (1879-1954)

     Bertha Lum was born in Iowa and studied at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago.  After a visit to Japan in 1903, she returned there in 1908 to study the color woodcut technique.  She was a member of the Asiatic Society of Japan, the California Society of Etchers and the Print Makers Society of California.  Lum's work is in the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

 

Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (1878-1955)

     Nordfeldt moved to the United States from his native Sweden when he was twelve.  He studied at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago before returning to Europe in 1900 for further study.  He learned wood-block printing while living in England.  Nordfeldt is widely credited with developing the "one-block method" of color wood-block printing which became known as the "Provincetown print."  His works are in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, The Art Institute of Chicago and the New York Public Library.

 

Margaret Jordan Patterson  (1867-1950)

     Patterson studied with Arthur Wesley Dow at the Pratt Institute and learned wood-block printing in Paris.  Her first one-person exhibition was in Paris in 1913.  An active Provincetown woodcut artist, Patterson's prints largely depict seascapes, landscapes and florals in a method which almost appears to be monotype.  Her works are in the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

William S. Rice  (1873-1963)

     A methodical craftsman who had a long and distinguished career as a teacher, Rice focused on printmaking as a medium for his private expression.  Born in Pennsylvania, he studied at the Pennsylvania Museum of Industrial Art and the Drexel Institute before moving to the West Coast.  His works are in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library and the National Museum of American Art.

 

Charles Richert  (1880-1953)

     Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Richert's paintings, gouaches and prints are almost entirely of New England subjects.  He was a member of the Boston Art Club and the Boston Society of Water Color Painters.

 

Alice Ravenel Huger Smith  (1876-1958)

     Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Smith studied at the art school of the Carolina Art Association.  She was greatly influenced by a local collection of traditional Japanese wood-block prints.  Smith experimented with woodcuts until about 1924 when she turned her attention to watercolors.  Her works are in the permanent collections of the Gibbes Museum of Art, the Columbia Museum of Art and the Morris Museum of Art.

 

Anna Heyward Taylor  (1879-1956)

     Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Taylor studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under William Merritt Chase.  Her interest in woodcuts stemmed from her contact with B.J.O. Nordfeldt and the Provincetown Printers of Massachusetts where she spent several summers working and exhibiting.  An avid traveler, Taylor used her woodcut techniques to capture the flora and fauna of Central and South America.  Her works are in the permanent collections of the Gibbes Museum of Art, the Columbia Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History and the Fogg Museum of Harvard University.

 

Elizabeth O'Neill Verner  (1883-1979)

     An etcher, author and lecturer, Verner studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and traveled to Japan where she learned traditional Japanese brushwork.  A charter member of the Preservation Society of Charleston, she was active in numerous civic organizations.  Her works are in the permanent collections of the Gibbes Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

Ernest Watson  (1883-1969)

     A native of Conway, Massachusetts, Watson studied at the Pratt Institute.  He was one of the founders and directors of the Berkshire Summer School of Art.  Watson's prints mostly depict New England coastal scenes, the area where he spent most of his life. 

 

 

 

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