In the Park, lithograph by Nan Lurie for the Federal Art Project

Nan Lurie (1906–1985) was an American printmaker and engraver (born in Odessa)[1] known for 1930s works about racism and about the daily life of African Americans.[2][3][4]

She studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League. She married Kenneth Fearing on June 18, 1945.[5]

She was a member of the Federal Art Project in New York City from 1935 to 1942.[6]

Her work is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[7]

Works

  • Despair lithograph, n.d.[8]
  • Old Tales lithograph, n.d.[9]
  • Sand Yard lithograph, n.d.[10]
  • Sandyard lithograph, n.d.[11]
  • Speaker lithograph, n.d.[12]
  • Subway Bootblack lithograph, 1935-1943[13]
  • Subway Scene lithograph, n.d.[14]
  • Sunday Afternoon lithograph, n.d.[15]
  • Women's House of Detention print, 1936-1939
  • Technological Improvements, print, 1936-1939[16]
  • Next, lithograph, 1936-1939[17]

References

  1. ↑ Nan Lurie Naturalisation Papers, 5 Feb 1925, Eastern District Court of New York. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.
  2. ↑ Langa, Helen (2004). Radical art: printmaking and the left in 1930s New York. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0520231554.
  3. ↑ "Lurie, Nan (American engraver, born 1910)". ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  4. ↑ Nan Lurie, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  5. ↑ Ryley, Robert M. "Kenneth Fearing's Life". Modern American Poetry. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  6. ↑ "Nan O. Lurie Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints; 19th, 20th & 21st Century Fine Prints. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  7. ↑ "Nan Lurie | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  8. ↑ "Despair | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  9. ↑ "Old Tales | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  10. ↑ "Sand Yard | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. ↑ "Sandyard | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  12. ↑ "Speaker | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  13. ↑ "Subway Bootblack | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  14. ↑ "Subway Scene | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  15. ↑ "Sunday Afternoon | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  16. ↑ Langa, pp. 100-102
  17. ↑ "Next | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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