Reminiscences of Nell Blaine : oral history, 1979.

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Reminiscences of Nell Blaine : oral history, 1979.

Childhood and education in Virginia; public reaction to abstract art in 1930s and 1940s; Hans Hofmann as teacher; gallery and museum scene in New York, 1940s; transition from abstract to figurative art; trip to France, 1950; associations with New York School poets, 1950s; work in publishing industry; New School for Social Research; illnesses.

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Blaine, Nell, 1922-1996

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Nell Blaine was born in Richmond (Va.) July 10, 1922. She attended the Richmond School of Art; studied with the artist Hans Hofmann in New York (N.Y.) from 1942-1944; studied etching and engraving at Atelier 17 with Stanley William Hayter in 1945; and attended the New School for Social Research from 1952-1953. She maintained a studio in Gloucester (Mass.) but also traveled and painted extensively in Austria, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, St. Lucia, Spain, Swit...

Skillion, Anne

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