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1911 Boston, Massachusetts - 2007 Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Known for: Cubist painting, collage, printmaking.
Cubist painter, printmaker, assemblagist and collagist Fannie Hillsmith was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1911 of an old New England family. Her extensive and varied art educational experiences... Read full biography
Cubist painter, printmaker, assemblagist and collagist Fannie Hillsmith was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1911 of an old New England family. Her extensive and varied art educational experiences include the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (her grandfather, Frank Hill Smith, was one of its... Read full biography
Cubist painter, printmaker, assemblagist and collagist Fannie Hillsmith was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1911 of an old New England family. Her extensive and varied art educational experiences include the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (her grandfather, Frank Hill Smith, was one of its founders) from 1930 to 1934. S he studied in New York City at the Art Students League on scholarslhip in 1934 and 1935 with John Sloan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Alexander Brook and William Zorach. But it was... Read full biography
Cubist painter, printmaker, assemblagist and collagist Fannie Hillsmith was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1911 of an old New England family. Her extensive and varied art educational experiences include the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (her grandfather, Frank Hill Smith, was one of its founders) from 1930 to 1934. S he studied in New York City at the Art Students League on scholarslhip in 1934 and 1935 with John Sloan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Alexander Brook and William Zorach. But it was through avant-garde work exhibited at the Gallery of Living Art, and artist Vaclav Vytlacil, also teaching at the League, that she first encountered modernist ideas, and was influenced by Paul Klee. Ten years later, she worked at printmaker Stanley... Read full biography
Cubist painter, printmaker, assemblagist and collagist Fannie Hillsmith was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1911 of an old New England family. Her extensive and varied art educational experiences include the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts (her grandfather, Frank Hill Smith, was one of its founders) from 1930 to 1934. S he studied in New York City at the Art Students League on scholarslhip in 1934 and 1935 with John Sloan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Alexander Brook and William Zorach. But it was through avant-garde work exhibited at the Gallery of Living Art, and artist Vaclav Vytlacil, also teaching at the League, that she first encountered modernist ideas, and was influenced by Paul Klee. Ten years later, she worked at printmaker Stanley William Hayter's New York City Atelier 17 from 1946 to 1950 alongside modernists Yves Tanguy, Joan Miro and Jacques Lipchitz. The a... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Assemblage
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Ceramics
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Tempera
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Cubism, Cubist
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Still Life
Art Association
- •Salons of America
Art Teacher
- •John Sloan
- •Stanley William Hayter
- •William Zorach
- •Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Atelier 17, Stanley Hayter Workshop, Student
- •Black Mountain College, North Carolina, Teacher
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Salons of America-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art