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In the Galleries: Elizabeth Olds’s quest for honest American art

March 15, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

Elizabeth Olds (American, 1896–1991). Miners. WPA Proof, 1937. 34 x 46.5 cm. Silkscreen and lithography. Art collection, Gift of Dr. Emmett L. and Mary Hudspeth.

Elizabeth Olds (1896–1991) was the first woman visual artist to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1926 to advance her study of portraiture. [Read more…] about In the Galleries: Elizabeth Olds’s quest for honest American art

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