Biografie von Wanda GAG (1893-1946)

Birth place: New Ulm, MN

Death place: NYC

Addresses: Milford, NJ

Profession: Painter, illustrator, etcher, lithographer

Exhibited: Phila. Lith. Exhib., 1930 (prize); AIC, 1931-32; WMAA; Kramer Gal., Minneapolis, 1998 (solo)

Member: Am. Artists Congress; Lg. Am. Writers.

Work: MMA; WMAA; Newark Mus.; NYPL; AIC; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Lehigh Univ.; Mus. FA, Houston; South Kensington Mus., British Mus., London; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Kupferstick Kabinett, Berlin.

Comments: Praised as a printmaker of the New York artworld during the 1920s-30s, she infused everyday scenes and objects with an energetic style. She produced many lithographs, linocuts, wood engravings,and etchings. Illustrator: The Day of Doom, pub. Spiral Press. Illustrator/author: Millions of Cats, (1928) The Funny Thing; Snippy and Snappy; Gone Is Gone, and others. Translator/Illustrator: Tales from Grimm; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Sources: WW40; Audur Winnan, Wanda G·g (cat. raisonnÈ of 196 prints, Smithsonian, 1993)

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