Ariadne, Will Barnet

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Will Barnet, Ariadne
Will Barnet, Ariadne
Will Barnet
Ariadne
1980
Will Barnet
1911–2012
Ariadne, 1980
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: color lithograph; wove paper
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): round 449 x 449 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 17 11/16 x 17 11/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 36 x 30 in
Credit line: Anonymous gift
Accession number: 1980.0198.06
Not on display
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Brosseau Center for Learning: Centenarians
Will Barnet attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and moved to New York in 1931 to study at the Art Students League with $10 and a portfolio of seascapes and portraits of the family cat. Four years later he was appointed the League’s official printer. He worked in graphic arts for the Depression-era WPA. Barnet received a National Medal of Arts in 2011 from President Obama. He worked into his 90s.
Will Barnet attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and moved to New York in 1931 to study at the Art Students League with $10 and a portfolio of seascapes and portraits of the family cat. Four years later he was appointed the League’s official printer. He worked in graphic arts for the Depression-era WPA. Barnet received a National Medal of Arts in 2011 from President Obama. He worked into his 90s.

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Brosseau Center for Learning: Centenarians
2018

Citations

Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas. The Register of the Spencer Museum of Art: 30th Anniversary Issue 5, no. 10, Spring (1982):