Lenore Tawney

Lenore Tawney
Lenore Tawney, 1959
Born
Leonora Agnes Gallagher

(1907-05-10)May 10, 1907
Lorain, Ohio
DiedSeptember 24, 2007(2007-09-24) (aged 100)
New York, New York
NationalityAmerican
Known forFiber art, collage, assemblage, drawing
MovementMinimalism
Spouse
George Tawney
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(m. 1941; died in 1943)​
Websitelenoretawney.org

Lenore Tawney (born Leonora Agnes Gallagher; May 10, 1907 – September 24, 2007) was an American artist working in fiber art, collage, assemblage, and drawing.[1][2][3] She is considered to be a groundbreaking artist for the elevation of craft processes to fine art status, two communities which were previously mutually exclusive.[4][5] Tawney was born and raised in an Irish-American family in Lorain, Ohio near Cleveland and later moved to Chicago to start her career.[2] In the 1940s and 50s, she studied art at several different institutions[1][3] and perfected her craft as a weaver.[2] In 1957, she moved to New York[1][3][2] where she maintained a highly successful career into the 1960's.[3][6] In the 1970s Tawney focused increasingly on her spirituality,[3] but continued to make work until her death.[6]

  1. ^ a b c Fiber : sculpture 1960-present. Glenn Adamson, Jenelle Porter, Institute of Contemporary Art, Wexner Center for the Arts, Des Moines Art Center. Munich. 2014. ISBN 978-3-7913-5382-1. OCLC 878667652.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Tawney, Lenore (1990). Lenore Tawney : a retrospective : American Craft Museum, New York. Kathleen Nugent Mangan, George Erml, American Craft Museum. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-1168-9. OCLC 20827741.
  3. ^ a b c d e Lenore Tawney : mirror of the universe. Karen Patterson, Lenore Tawney, John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 2019. ISBN 978-0-226-66483-5. OCLC 1085594326.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "Lenore Tawney (1907-2007)". Michael Rosenfeld Gallery. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. ^ Gipson, Ferren (2022). Women's work: from feminine arts to feminist art. London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-6465-6.
  6. ^ a b "Lenore Tawney". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2023-04-30.