Woman Printmaker

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Richenda Cunningham and the Picturesque

Posted: March 2, 2011
Category: Woman Printmaker
Have you ever been on a camping trip or a hike and caught yourself exclaiming, “That sunset is sublime!” or “Aren’t those mountains picturesque?” In our modern-day language, we use...
An etching of a temple amidst ruins. At the entry of the temple, four little figures in soldier gear are standing and sitting. On the other side of the temple, a woman in a hat is walking along the collonades. Underneath the etching, it says: "Temple of Caius

From the Vault: Blanche Grambs Mines for Inspiration in the New Deal Era

Posted: November 12, 2010
Category: Woman Printmaker
Drawing inspiration from the social and economic conditions of the Great Depression, American illustrator and printmaker Blanche Grambs incorporated the struggles of the New Deal era into her work. Grambs...
Etching of a coal mine with several carts transporting coal going up to a piece of machinery.

SOLO Spotlight: Jean Shin

Posted: August 30, 2010
Category: Woman Printmaker
Jean Shin is a master of rendering small objects on a monumental scale. The everyday becomes epic. Her works in The Collaborative Print: Works from SOLO Impression, on view through...
A view of a gallery space with several colorful works hanging on the walls.

SOLO Spotlight: Dotty Attie

Posted: August 12, 2010
Category: Woman Printmaker
Dotty Attie’s work, mannered, realist, delicate, is all about violence. Masterpieces copied, cut, contextualized anew. Images of women manipulated to accentuate their vulnerability to the powerful male and his gaze....
A view of a gallery space with several colorful works hanging on the walls.

SOLO Spotlight: Joyce Kozloff

Posted: July 9, 2010
Category: Woman Printmaker
If I could be an artist, I would want to be Joyce Kozloff. Her work draws on maps, illuminations, historical manuscripts, and website imagery, always delighting the eye with decorative...
A view of a gallery space with several colorful works hanging on the walls.

SOLO Spotlight: Ida Applebroog

Posted: June 30, 2010
Category: Woman Printmaker
Ida Applebroog’s simplified figures in comic-like settings wrapped in social criticism make her artwork easily identifiable. The Collaborative Print: Works from SOLO Impression features two of Applebroog’s prints, on view...

Master Collaborator: Judith Solodkin

Posted: June 22, 2010
Category: Woman Printmaker
Founder and Master Printer Judith Solodkin established the New York print shop, SOLO Impression Inc., in 1975. Without intending to, she has become a great supporter of women in the...
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.