Ellen Lanyon

Ellen Lanyon
Born(1926-12-21)December 21, 1926
Chicago, Illinois
DiedOctober 7, 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 86)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
Spouse
Roland Ginzel
(m. 1948)

Ellen Lanyon (December 21, 1926 – October 7, 2013) was a painter and printmaker from Chicago, Illinois.[1] She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC),[2] her MFA from the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History[3] and studied restoration at the Courtauld Institute of Art.[4] She also received an honorary doctorate from SAIC.[2] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Chicago painter Ellen Lanyon dies at 86". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Past Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Ellen Lanyon | University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art". stanleymuseum.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b Cascone, Sarah (8 October 2013). "Ellen Lanyon, 1926-2013". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 6 March 2021.