Blanche Carstenson

Blanche Emily Carstenson
Born
Blanche Emily Williams

(1907-04-08)April 8, 1907
Gray County, Kansas
DiedOctober 2, 2002(2002-10-02) (aged 95)
Denver, Colorado
Alma materFine Arts Institute of Kansas City
Known forFabric art
SpouseCecil Carstenson

Blanche Emily Carstenson (1907–2002) was an American batik artist, printmaker, painter, and textile collagist.

Carstenson was born on April 8, 1907, in Gray County, Kansas.[1] She attended the University of Omaha, the University of Kansas City, and the Kansas City Art Institute[2] She married fellow artist Cecil Carstenson on May 5, 1927, and the couple settled in the Valentine Neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.[1] Carstenson died on October 2, 2002, in Denver, Colorado.[3]

Carstenson created the wall hanging Building Blocks for the library of UMKC.[4] Her work is in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Carstenson, Blanche Emily Williams (1907-October 2, 2002)". UMKC Libraries Finding Aids. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Blanche Emily Carstenson". Missouri Remembers. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Blanche Carstenson Obituary (2002) - Kansas City, MO". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Building Blocks by Blanche Carstenson". Clio. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Blanche Carstenson". Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 July 2026.

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