Evan Lindquist
Evan Lindquist, 1976, engraving a copper plate
Born(1936-05-23)May 23, 1936
Salina, Kansas, US
DiedDecember 18, 2023(2023-12-18) (aged 87)
Jonesboro, Arkansas
EducationUniversity of Iowa, MFA; Emporia State University.
Known forPrintmaking, copperplate engraving
AwardsArkansas Artist Laureate 2013-2017
Websitewww.evanlindquist.com

Evan Lindquist (May 23, 1936 – December 18, 2023) is an American artist and printmaker who was appointed to be the first Artist Laureate for the State of Arkansas. He has concentrated on the medium of copperplate engraving for more than 50 years. His compositions are memorable for their emphasis on calligraphic lines.

Biography and education

Evan Lindquist was born in Salina, Kansas. His father was a lumber retailer in nearby Solomon, Kansas. In 1938, the family moved to Odessa, Missouri. In 1945, the family moved to Emporia, Kansas, where he was enrolled in the Laboratory Training School on the campus of Emporia State University.

At the age of 14, Lindquist started his own business, working as a professional calligrapher, engrosser, and gold-leaf artist. His clientele grew, and by 1952 his work was national in scope, including hand-lettered fraternity charters and certificates of membership for Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity. In 1954, he graduated from Emporia High School and enrolled as a freshman at Emporia State University. He was employed as a Biology Lab Teaching Assistant, and later, he served as Staff Artist in the Graphic Arts and Printing Departments.[1] A legendary aunt, Christina Lillian, had inspired Lindquist to become an artist himself.[2]

In 1958, Lindquist earned the B.S. degree at Emporia State University, and he married artist Sharon Huenergardt. They have two sons. He continued working for ESU as Staff Artist until 1960 when Evan and Sharon moved to Iowa City, Iowa. From 1960 to 1963, he studied printmaking with Prof. Mauricio Lasansky at the University of Iowa, earning the M.F.A. degree in printmaking.

In 1963, he began teaching in the Art Department at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, until he retired from teaching in 2003. In 1981, he was awarded the honor of Outstanding Faculty Member and appointed by ASU President Ray Thornton to be First Chairman of The President's Fellows, a group formed to advise the president. He was awarded the rank of Emeritus Professor of Art, and he continues creating prints in his private studio in Jonesboro, Arkansas.[1]

Works

Evan Lindquist, artist-printmaker, in his studio, 2016

Lindquist has concentrated on the process of burin engraving for printmaking since 1960.[1][3][4] His best-known works have explored the topics of string theories, Academe, old master engravers, labyrinths, and several others.[5]

His series depicting old master engravers began about 2006. By 2018, the series had grown to include fantasies and satires about several of the most important and influential engravers of the past six centuries. Master of the Playing Cards, Master ES, Martin Schöngauer, Albrecht Dürer, Lucas van Leyden, Claude Mellan, Hendrik Goltzius, Jacques Callot, William Hogarth, William Blake, Reginald Marsh, Armin Landeck, Gabor Peterdi, S.W. Hayter, Jozef Hecht, Jean Duvet, Israhel van Meckenem, Marcantonio Raimondi, Andrea Mantegna, Mauricio Lasansky, Robert Austin, Diana Scultori, Magdalena van de Passe, Giulio Campagnola, and others. A Lindquist self-portrait ("Man with a Burin") is similar to this series. Most of these engravings combine elements of truth with wild fantasy.

Lindquist's series on old master engravers was shown in 2015-2016 during a nine-month exhibition at Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY.[6]

Judith K. Brodsky wrote in "Man with a Burin", Legacy: Evan Lindquist, Bradbury Art Museum:

Lindquist engraves himself sitting at a chess board, rather than hunched over an engraving plate. The iconography implies that as an artist, he has power over his images the way chess players have over their pieces. But the player (artist) is also subject to risks and may lose as well as win. This self-portrait is typical of the intricacy and complex meaning of Lindquist's iconography in this series.[7]

Jacob Lewis, Director of Pace Prints Chelsea, described Lindquist's engravings in a gallery talk:

Honestly, the gentleman that made these works is probably the highest [skill] level that I've seen in many years. The guy takes a raw plate, a needle and burin, and he's just carving away slightly, and he's just taking proof after proof...I encourage you to look at these closely to find the light marks that create these black shapes, and also it's just perfectly tight as though it's all made in his head, exactly the idea of where are we going? He's obsessive in his mark making and making sure that it works completely all the way through.[8]

Sara P. Armas[9] described modern portraits by Lindquist and Leonard Baskin, bringing new attention to a sixteenth-century portrait cycle known as The Pictorum:[10]

Baskin’s work is a direct appropriation on the Pictorum , showing its presence in the mind of artists, as far away as the Americas. Lindquist’s work meanwhile is exemplary of how this tradition has been passed down artist to artist, as an integral part of studio practice.

His original prints may be seen in many public collections in United States and other countries. He is represented by The Old Print Shop in New York City; The Old Print Gallery in Washington, DC; M2 Gallery in Little Rock; and Sara Howell Art Gallery in Jonesboro.

Selected Museum Collections

Some public collections holding Lindquist prints:

Honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hendricks, Nancy, "Evan Lindquist" in The Encyclopedia of Arkansas
  2. ↑ Japenga, Ann (20 October 2014). "The Lost Colony of Sven-Ska: Christina Lillian and the Cathedral City Artists". California Desert Art. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Museum of Modern Art (New York), "Late 20th-Century Engraving"
  4. ↑ "Evan Lindquist, article by Charles Kaufman". Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Albin, Edgar A. "Evan Lindquist" (PDF). Art Voices/South, January 1978, vol 1 no 1. p. 16. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Evan Lindquist and a History of Engraving | The Syracuse University Art Galleries". suart.syr.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-09-08.
  7. ↑ Brodsky, Judith. ""Man with a Burin", Legacy: Evan Lindquist, Bradbury Art Museum" (PDF).
  8. ↑ Lewis, Jacob. "Lewis, Jacob. Walk and Talk, 26th Silvermine Triennial". YouTube.
  9. ↑ The Pictorum Portrait Cycle, Sara Pauline Armas, thesis, Degree Master of Arts, Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, May, 2017
  10. ↑ Armas, Sara Pauline (May 2017). Pictorum Portrait Cycle (Thesis).
  11. ↑ Albertina
  12. ↑ Arkansas Arts Center
  13. ↑ Art Complex Museum
  14. ↑ Art Institute of Chicago
  15. ↑ Baltimore Museum of Art
  16. ↑ Blanton Museum of Art
  17. ↑ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  18. ↑ Columbia University Libraries
  19. ↑ DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
  20. ↑ Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
  21. ↑ Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science
  22. ↑ Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
  23. ↑ Joslyn Art Museum
  24. ↑ Kenosha Public Museum
  25. ↑ Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
  26. ↑ Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
  27. ↑ Miami-Dade Public Library System
  28. ↑ Mississippi Museum of Art
  29. ↑ Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
  30. ↑ Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
  31. ↑ New Jersey State Museum
  32. ↑ New Orleans Museum of Art
  33. ↑ Portland Art Museum
  34. ↑ Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  35. ↑ Spencer Museum of Art
  36. ↑ http://www.sgfmuseum.org
  37. ↑ Syracuse University
  38. ↑ Museum of Art and Archaeology
  39. ↑ Uffizi
  40. ↑ Whitney Museum of American Art
  41. ↑ https://bradburyartmuseum.org
  42. ↑ Arkansas Arts Council, "Governor's Arts Awards" Archived 2013-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  43. ↑ Emporia State University, "Distinguished Alumni Awards"
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