Jennie Lewis (1892–1944)[1] was an American printmaker. She studied at the California School of Fine Arts and the California College of Arts and Crafts.[2] In the 1930s, Lewis took part in the Federal Art Project run by the Works Progress Administration.[3]

Jennie Lewis
Born1892 (1892)
San Diego, California
Died1944 (aged 51–52)
Fresno, California
EducationCalifornia School of Fine Arts, California College of Arts and Crafts

Lewis died in a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada mountains.[2]

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Her work is included in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[4] the National Gallery of Art,[5] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Metropolitan Museum of Art[6] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[7]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "Jennie Lewis". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Jennie Lewis". Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Jennie Lewis". Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Scene near Presidio S.F." SFMOMA. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Home Near S.S. Park, San Francisco, California 1935–43". www.metmuseum.org.
  6. ^ "Jennie Lewis | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.

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