Helena Markson

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Helena Markson
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Born1934 (1934)
Died2012 (aged 77–78)
NationalityBritish
EducationCentral School of Arts and Crafts
Known forPrintmaking

Helena Markson (1934–2012) is a British artist known for her work as a printmaker.[1]

Markson was born in London in 1934.[2][3] From 1952 to 1956 she attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London.[3]

In 1970 she moved to Israel.[1][3] In Israel she taught art at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, the Avni Institute of Art and Design and at the University of Haifa, at which she founded the university's printmaking studios.[3] She died in Cambridge in 2012.[3]

Her work is in the permanent collection of the Tate Museum,[2] the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool,[3] and the Ben Uri Gallery & Museum.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Ben Uri collection - artists". www.benuricollection.org.uk.
  2. ^ a b "Helena Markson born 1934". Tate.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Liverpool prints by Helena Markson". National Museums Liverpool.
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