Lucile Blanch
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Lucile Blanch was an American artist and Guggenheim Fellow.
to the painter and lithographer Lucille Linguist. During World War I, she studied at the Minneapolis School of Art
with her future husband Arnold Blanch
, and other notable artists like Harry Gottlieb
and Adolf Dehn
. After 1918, she studied under artists like Boardman Robinson
, Kenneth Hayes Miller
, Frank Vincent DuMond and Frederick R. Gruger as part of the Art Students League of New York
. While in New York she married her husband Arnold Blanch. They later moved to Woodstock, New York
where they helped build the Woodstock Art colony
. She received the Guggenheim fellowship in 1933, and from that point on her art was collected and showed in a number of important galleries, notably the Whitney Museum. She died in 1981 in Macon, Georgia
.
Biography
Lucile Blanch was born in 1895 in Hawley, MinnesotaHawley, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,882 people, 744 households, and 514 families residing in the city. The population density was 764.8 people per square mile . There were 787 housing units at an average density of 319.8 per square mile...
to the painter and lithographer Lucille Linguist. During World War I, she studied at the Minneapolis School of Art
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit four-year and postgraduate college specializing in the visual arts. Located in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, MCAD currently enrolls approximately 1,000 students offering curriculum that includes...
with her future husband Arnold Blanch
Arnold Blanch
Arnold Blanch , was born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota. He was an American modernist painter, etcher, illustrator, lithographer, muralist, printmaker and art teacher. His modernist paintings are associated with the Social Realist movement. Blanch met his first wife the painter Lucile Blanch,...
, and other notable artists like Harry Gottlieb
Harry Gottlieb
Harry Gottlieb was a painter, screen printer, lithographer, and educator based in New York City.-Biography:Harry Gottlieb was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1895. He immigrated to America in 1907, and his family settled in Minneapolis....
and Adolf Dehn
Adolf Dehn
Adolf Dehn was born in Waterville, Minnesota, November 22, 1895 and he died in New York City, May 19 1968. Two-time recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Dehn was one of the most notable lithographers of the 20th century...
. After 1918, she studied under artists like Boardman Robinson
Boardman Robinson
Boardman Robinson was a Canadian-American artist, illustrator and cartoonist.-Early years:Boardman Robinson was born September 6, 1876 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He spent his childhood in England and Canada, before coming to Boston in the first half of the 1890s...
, Kenneth Hayes Miller
Kenneth Hayes Miller
Kenneth Hayes Miller was an American painter and teacher.Born in Oneida, New York, he studied at the Art Students League of New York with Kenyon Cox, Henry Siddons Mowbray and with William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art. He died in New York City.-Students:Miller taught at the Art...
, Frank Vincent DuMond and Frederick R. Gruger as part of the Art Students League of New York
Art Students League of New York
The Art Students League of New York is an art school located on West 57th Street in New York City. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists, and has maintained for over 130 years a tradition of offering reasonably priced classes on a...
. While in New York she married her husband Arnold Blanch. They later moved to Woodstock, New York
Woodstock, New York
Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 5,884 at the 2010 census, down from 6,241 at the 2000 census.The Town of Woodstock is in the northern part of the county...
where they helped build the Woodstock Art colony
Art colony
right|300px|thumb|Artist houses in [[Montsalvat]] near [[Melbourne, Australia]].An art colony or artists' colony is a place where creative practitioners live and interact with one another. Artists are often invited or selected through a formal process, for a residency from a few weeks to over a year...
. She received the Guggenheim fellowship in 1933, and from that point on her art was collected and showed in a number of important galleries, notably the Whitney Museum. She died in 1981 in Macon, Georgia
Macon, Georgia
Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...
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