Bidspirit auction | CAROLINE DURIEUX (1896-1989) IN MEMORIAM

CAROLINE DURIEUX (1896-1989) IN MEMORIAM KANKE - Caroline Durieux (new orleans, 1896-1989) scarce and hard to find ”In Memoriam”, very limited edition #6 of only 10 made, signed and numbered by Caroline Durieux and dated 1975 Electron print (contact-printed ”photogram” made by exposure to a drawing done in radioactive ink)).Caroline Durieux created the technique (electron print) used in the depiction of Kanke, the black woman who took care of the artist when she was young. The nanny was the first person to encourage Durieux's artistic expression because she allowed Durieux to draw with brick in the courtyard of the family home. This is only one of ten impressions. Caroline Durieux (1896-1989); Printmaker, painter, satirist, innovator, social activist, Caroline Durieux was born in New Orleans and was already making sketches by the age of four. Her formal art training was at Newcomb College (1912-1917) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1918-1920). Carl Zigrosser of the Philadelphia Museum of Art encouraged Durieux to try lithography. While living in Mexico, she learned lithography from Emilio Amero and later worked with Diego Rivera and the other Mexican masters. Her lithographs of the 1930s and 1940s rank as some of the finest satirical pieces ever made. Durieux joined the art faculty at Newcomb College and taught from 1938-43. She also served as the Director for Louisiana?s WPA Art Project, which she administered without regard for the race of the participants within a totally segregated society. In 1943, she left New Orleans to teach at Louisiana State University where in the early 1950s she began experimental work on electron printmaking, demonstrating the peaceful use of atomic technology. She also successfully produced the first color clich? verres while simultaneously perfecting her technique for making electron prints. Durieux?s work is in the Museum of Modern Art, the Chicago Art Institute, the National Gallery of Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Library of Congress and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In frame 22”x26 1/2”x1”. Weight 6 lbs. Condition: good