Biografie von Ellen LANYON (1926-2013)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter, printmaker

Studied: AIC (B.F.A., 1948) with Joseph Hirsch; State Univ. Iowa (M.F.A., 1950), with M. Lasansky; Courtauld Inst., Univ. London, with Helmut Reuhman.

Exhibited: AIC American biennials, 1946-61; AIC Vicinity annuals, 1946-71 (Pauline Palmer prizes, 1962 & 1964); "Young Printmakers," MMA, 1953; Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1961; "Recent Painting USA: The Figure," MoMA, 1962; "The Painter & The Photograph," AFA traveling exhib, 1965-66; "The Chicago School, Imagist Art," Mus. Contemp. Art, Chicago, 1972; Richard Gray Gal., Chicago, 1970s. Other awards: Fulbright student grant, 1950-51; Cassandra Fndn. Award, 1971.

Member: AFA; AIC Alumni Assn.

Work: AIC; Denver AM; LOC; Finch Col, NYC; Krannert Art Mus, Univ. Ill., Champaign. Commissions: mural, Mr. Kelly's, Chicago, 1967; lithograph, Ravinia Assn., 1968; painting, Florists' Tel. Delivery Assn. Traveling Exhib., 1970; painting, Ill. Bell. for dir. cover, 1971.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics, lithography. Positions: adv. Adult Educ. Coun., Chicago, 1969-72; adv. visual arts, Ill. Art Coun., 1969-70s. Author: article in Art Scene, Sept., 1968; Wonder Production, Vol I, 1971. Teaching: Ox Bow Summer Sch. of Painting, Saugatuck, Mich., 1960-70s; AIC Sch., 1964-65; Univ. Ill., Chicago Circle, 1966, artist-in-residence, 1971.

Sources: WW73; Dennis Adrian, "Ellen Lanyon," Art Scene (Feb., 1968); Van Deren Coke, The Painter & the Photograph (Univ. New Mex. Press, 1965)