Catalog and prints of Julius J. Lankes' woodcuts [manuscript], 1917-1958.

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Catalog and prints of Julius J. Lankes' woodcuts [manuscript], 1917-1958.

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The collection contains both photocopies of Lankes' woodcuts, 1918-1950, as well as a catalog, 1978, listing over 1224 woodcuts, their titles and dates of execution, 1917-1958. The collection also contains a green ink reproduction made from a photoengraving of J.J. Lankes's "Carolina Village"; an essay in tribute to Lankes which appeared in the Wells College Chronicle, June 1940, written by Robert Peter Tristram Coffin titled, "A genius this late"; and a Lankes family genealogical table.

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Coffin, Robert P. Tristram (Robert Peter Tristram), 1892-1955

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Robert Peter Tristram Coffin grew up in Maine and attended Bowdoin College, Princeton University, and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He taught at Wells College in Aurora, New York, and was Pierce Professor of English at Bowdoin College from 1935 until his death. Winner of the 1936 Pulitzer prize in poetry, Coffin authored more than forty books of prose and verse. He was a founder and a faculty member of the Towle Writers' Conference at the University of New Hampshire. ...

Lankes, Julius Bartlett, 1915-

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Lankes family.

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Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960

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Woodcut artist; Durham, North Carolina. From the description of Letter : Durham, North Carolina, 1955-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122539131 Julius J. Lankes was a maker of woodcuts whose work was represented at the Weyhe Gallery. Carl Zigrosser admired his work and promoted his career. As with many American artists of his generation, Lankes' career was never financially stable, and he also worked as an illustrator, an art educator and as a technical artist for the F...