Marian Korn

Marian Korn (February 15, 1914 – February 24, 1987) was a Czechoslovakian printmaker. She was born February 15, 1914, in Chomutov, Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1931, she moved to Prague, and in 1931, she graduated from the Women's College of Prague. She married in 1938, and emigrated to the United States in 1939. In 1949, she moved to Tokyo with her entrepreneur husband Frank and two daughters.[1]

In 1970, Korn accompanied one of her daughters to the atelier of Gaston Petit, where the daughter had been taking lessons. The daughter eventually became an art historian specializing in Japanese art, and, at the age of 56, Korn began her printmaking career by making woodcuts and linocuts.[2]

Her honors included a full membership in Shuyōkai (1984) and an associate membership in Kokugakai (1985).[3] She died in Tokyo on February 24, 1987.

  1. ^ Statler, Oliver, The Prints of Marian Korn, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1988, p. 195.
  2. ^ Richie, Donald, "Marian Korn: An Appreciation" in Statler, Oliver, The Prints of Marian Korn, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1988, p. 14.
  3. ^ Richie, Donald, "Marian Korn: An Appreciation" in Statler, Oliver, The Prints of Marian Korn, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1988, p. 24.