Janet Lippincott

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Janet Lippincott (16 May 1918 – May 2, 2007) was an American artist born in New York City, who lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from 1946 until her death.[1][2] She was a part of an artistic movement called the New Mexico Modernists. Her work was abstract, and she worked in a variety of painting media and also made prints.[3]

Biography[]

Lippincott was the sister of W.J. Lippincott, who headed Lord & Taylor in New York,[4] and of David McCord Lippincott who wrote the songs Daddy Was A Yale Man and Saving Ourselves For Yale. She spent part of her childhood in Paris, where she was exposed to modernist painters.[3]

She attended the Art Students League of New York, and subsequently enrolled in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, working on Eisenhower's staff.[3] In 1941-42, during the London Blitz, a building collapsed around her and she broke her back.[3] In 1949, Lippincott attended the Emil Bisttram School for Transcendentalism in Taos, New Mexico.[5] After studying with Bisttram and Alfred Morang, she took a job at the San Francisco Art Institute, and returned to New Mexico in 1954, establishing a house and studio in Santa Fe.[3]

She was friends with the artist Elmer Schooley.[6]

Upon her death in 2007, her estate, including documents, sketchbooks, and artworks, was donated to St. John's College in Santa Fe.[3]

Awards[]

Lippincott received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in New Mexico in 2002.[7]

Lippincott was honored in an exhibition by the New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in 2003.[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ Michael Paglia, "Westword", May 27, 2007, "[1]"
  2. ^ Anne Constable, "Santa Fe New Mexican", December 31, 2007, "[2]" ,
  3. ^ a b c d e f North, Jackie Jadrnak | Journal. "Following a vision". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  4. ^ "New York Times", May 7, 1992, "[3]"
  5. ^ Abi Blueher, "Weekly Alibi", August 16, 2006, "[4]"
  6. ^ Kate McGraw, "Albuquerque Journal", April 18, 2008, "[5]"
  7. ^ Sharon Hendrix, "Albuquerque Journal", August 12, 2006, "[6]"
  8. ^ "New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts", "[7] Archived 2011-04-23 at the Wayback Machine"
  9. ^ "Santa Fean", March 18, 2011, page 51, "[8]"

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