Ellen Lanyon

American · 1926–2013 · Painter, Printmaker

Ellen Lanyon was a painter and printmaker from Chicago, Illinois. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), her MFA from the University of… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Ellen Lanyon, Around the World, 1967, acrylic and pencil on canvasAround the WorldWright · $2,268≈ £1,702≈ €2,046Sign up to see
  2. Ellen Lanyon, untitled, 1965, graphite on paperuntitledWright · $1,750≈ £1,079≈ €1,359Sign up to see
  3. Ellen Lanyon, Parnassus Apollo, 1975, colored pencil and pencil on paperParnassus ApolloWright · $1,143≈ £849≈ €993Sign up to see

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Ellen Lanyon was a painter and printmaker from Chicago, Illinois. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), her MFA from the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History and studied restoration at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She also received an honorary doctorate from SAIC. Her works are in the permanent collections of many major American museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Ulrich Museum.

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Born 1926, ChicagoDied 2013, ChicagoOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q13560692 ↗ULAN 500008065 ↗

Also known as Ellen Lanyon Ginzel, Mrs. Roland Ginzel

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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