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1893 New Ulm, Minnesota - 1946 New York City. Known for: Children's book illustration, drawings, printmaking.
Wanda Gag, illustrator and painter, became a highly praised printmaker in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, and was much credited for her skill in depicting scenes of everyday life. She was born in... Read full biography
Wanda Gag, illustrator and painter, became a highly praised printmaker in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, and was much credited for her skill in depicting scenes of everyday life. She was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, and grew up with the customs and fairy tales of her parents' native Bohemia... Read full biography
Wanda Gag, illustrator and painter, became a highly praised printmaker in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, and was much credited for her skill in depicting scenes of everyday life. She was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, and grew up with the customs and fairy tales of her parents' native Bohemia (Czechoslovakia), in a household filled with German music and literature. Her father, Anton Gag, was an artist who supported the family by decorating houses and churches, and he encouraged her interest in... Read full biography
Wanda Gag, illustrator and painter, became a highly praised printmaker in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, and was much credited for her skill in depicting scenes of everyday life. She was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, and grew up with the customs and fairy tales of her parents' native Bohemia (Czechoslovakia), in a household filled with German music and literature. Her father, Anton Gag, was an artist who supported the family by decorating houses and churches, and he encouraged her interest in art. In 1910, her drawings were included in a traveling exhibition organized by the Minneapolis School of Art. After winning prizes for her work, she began formal art study, spending a year at the St. Paul School of Art and completing a three-year... Read full biography
Wanda Gag, illustrator and painter, became a highly praised printmaker in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, and was much credited for her skill in depicting scenes of everyday life. She was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, and grew up with the customs and fairy tales of her parents' native Bohemia (Czechoslovakia), in a household filled with German music and literature. Her father, Anton Gag, was an artist who supported the family by decorating houses and churches, and he encouraged her interest in art. In 1910, her drawings were included in a traveling exhibition organized by the Minneapolis School of Art. After winning prizes for her work, she began formal art study, spending a year at the St. Paul School of Art and completing a three-year course of study at the Minneapolis School of Art. In 1917, having won a scholarship to study at the Art Students League, she went to New Yo... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Interior Scenes
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Rural Scene, Countryside, Farms and/or Barns
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Litchfield, Connecticut
Art Teacher
- •Robert Henri
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Minneapolis School of Fine Art, College Art & Design, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Printmaking Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Weyhe Gallery, New York City
- •Whitney Studio Club, Later Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art