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National Museum of Women in the Arts

The Washington Print Club Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition: Graphic Legacy

Grace Arnold Albee, <em>Self-Portrait</em>, 1966; Wood engraving on paper, 6 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of P. Frederick Albee; © Grace Arnold Albee
Dec 1, 1994, to Feb 5, 1995

Exhibition Note

Information about this exhibition is limited.

Featured Artists

Grace Arnold Albee
As a child, Grace Thurston Arnold had become fascinated with the engraved illustrations in her grandfather’s books; as an adult, she made this medium her specialty.
A black-and-white photograph of a woman seated at a table by a window. Her face, in profile, is in shadow. She looks down at a wood engraving. One hand steadies her woodblock while the other carves. Engraving and printing tools are scattered on the table, along with a small print.
Mary Cassatt
Recognized as one of the foremost 19th-century American painters and printmakers, Mary Cassatt is known for her prolific career and Impressionist artwork.
Black-and-white photograph of a seated older woman with light skin. She wears a dark dress with a fur stole and long necklace. Her dark hat is adorned with a group of large, wispy feathers and covers her hair. Her expression is open and calm.
Isabel Bishop
A member of New York's 14th Street School, Isabel Bishop is best known for her graphic art and urban subject matter.
A black ink drawing of a woman on a beige ground. She is drawn from the neck up in three-quarter profile with a slight smile, her hair pulled back, her right hand held up to her right cheek, and her head tilted.
Leonora Carrington
Through her paintings and sculptures, Leonora Carrington often explored notions of femininity in the whimsical, dreamlike style of Surrealism.
Black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman with dark curly hair. She sits with her back to the viewer, looking over her left shoulder, her face in profile, surrounded by art supplies. A painting of nuns in a boat on rough seas sits on an easel in front of her.
Gabrielle de Veaux Clements
Philadelphia-born artist Gabrielle de Veaux Clements was a talented painter, muralist, and printmaker.
A painted portrait of a light-skinned older woman with white hair pulled back from her face. She is portrayed from the waist up against a dark background. She wears a black dress with a white sash. A bouquet of blue flowers decorates the left side of the sash. She gazes left of the frame.
Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler, a second-generation Abstract Expressionist painter, pioneered a stain technique that influenced Color Field painters like Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland.
A light-skinned older woman with short, wavy, red hair and brown eyes stands with her arms crossed. She leans against a white wall with part of a blue abstract painting behind her. She wears round silver-color earrings and a blue denim long-sleeve button-up shirt.
Käthe Kollwitz
German-born Käthe Kollwitz used her prints and sculptures to confront social injustice and suffering.
Black ink drawing on yellow-beige ground of the head and shoulders of an adult woman. She frowns, looks to her left, and holds her right hand up to her right temple. Her hair is pulled back and she wears a dark garment.
Louise Nevelson
Louise Nevelson is considered one of the most important American sculptors of the twentieth century for her pioneering assemblages and monumental public art.
Black and white photo of two women by a window. One wears a black hat with a large rim and gazes at the camera. She looms over the younger woman who sits facing forward while she side-eyes the woman in the hat. The energy is tense, as if the younger woman is in trouble.
Miriam Schapiro
Miriam Schapiro challenged the dichotomy of “high” art, denoting the works of known, predominantly male artists, and “decorative” art, a term then used to relegate women to anonymity.
Black and white photo of a woman shot from the waist up. She rests her chin in her right hand, her right elbow propped on a table next to bottles of paint. She smiles with her whole face and her grey hair is brushed back. She wears a light blouse and large cocktail ring.