Nan Lurie

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Nan Lurie (1910–1985) was an American printmaker and engraver known for 1930s works about racism and about the daily life of African Americans.[1][2][3]

She studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League. She married Kenneth Fearing on June 18, 1945.[4]

She was a member of the Federal Art Project in New York City from 1935 to 1942.[5]

Her work is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[6]

Works[]

  • Despair lithograph, n.d.[7]
  • Old Tales lithograph, n.d.[8]
  • Sand Yard lithograph, n.d.[9]
  • Sandyard lithograph, n.d.[10]
  • Speaker lithograph, n.d.[11]
  • Subway Bootblack lithograph, 1935-1943[12]
  • Subway Scene lithograph, n.d.[13]
  • Sunday Afternoon lithograph, n.d.[14]
  • Women's House of Detention print, 1936-1939
  • Technological Improvements, print, 1936-1939[15]
  • Next, lithograph, 1936-1939[16]

References[]

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

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