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American artist
In the Park, lithograph by Nan Lurie for the Federal Art Project

Nan Lurie (1906–1985) was an American printmaker and engraver (born in Odessa) known for 1930s works about racism and about the daily life of African Americans.

She studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League. She married Kenneth Fearing on June 18, 1945.

She was a member of the Federal Art Project in New York City from 1935 to 1942.

Her work is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Works

  • Despair lithograph, n.d.
  • Old Tales lithograph, n.d.
  • Sand Yard lithograph, n.d.
  • Sandyard lithograph, n.d.
  • Speaker lithograph, n.d.
  • Subway Bootblack lithograph, 1935-1943
  • Subway Scene lithograph, n.d.
  • Sunday Afternoon lithograph, n.d.
  • Women's House of Detention print, 1936-1939
  • Technological Improvements, print, 1936-1939
  • Next, lithograph, 1936-1939

References

  1. Nan Lurie Naturalisation Papers, 5 Feb 1925, Eastern District Court of New York. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.
  2. Langa, Helen (2004). Radical art: printmaking and the left in 1930s New York. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0520231554.
  3. "Lurie, Nan (American engraver, born 1910)". ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  4. Nan Lurie, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  5. Ryley, Robert M. "Kenneth Fearing's Life". Modern American Poetry. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  6. "Nan O. Lurie Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints; 19th, 20th & 21st Century Fine Prints. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  7. "Nan Lurie | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  8. "Despair | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  9. "Old Tales | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  10. "Sand Yard | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  11. "Sandyard | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  12. "Speaker | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  13. "Subway Bootblack | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  14. "Subway Scene | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  15. "Sunday Afternoon | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  16. Langa, pp. 100-102
  17. "Next | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

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