Janet Abramowicz

Janet Abramowicz
Abramowicz in the 1950s
Born1930 (1930)
Died2020 (aged 89–90)
Websitejanetabramowicz.com

Janet Abramowicz (1930 – 2020) was an American painter and printmaker.

Born in 1930, Abramowicz studied at Columbia University and the Art Students League of New York.[1] She also studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna where she was taught by the painter Giorgio Morandi.[2] Her home was New York City. She spent time in Japan and Italy.[3]

Abramowicz lectured on art at Harvard University from 1971 to 1991.[3] In 1975 and 1976 she held residencies at MacDowell.[2] In 1991 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship.[3] in 2004 Yale University Press published her book Giorgio Morandi: The Art of Silence.[4][5]

Abramowicz died in 2020.[6]

Her work is in the collection of the British Museum,[7] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[6] Her papers are in the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.[8]

References

  1. ↑ North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century. Routledge. 2013. ISBN 9781135638894.
  2. 1 2 "Janet Abramowicz - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Janet Abramowicz". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Danieli, Eyal (5 March 2006). "Giorgio Morandi: The Art of Silence". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Abramowicz, Janet (2004). Giorgio Morandi: the art of silence. New Haven, [Conn.] ; London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300100365.
  6. 1 2 "Janet Abramowicz | Abstract, geometrical design". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Janet Abramowicz". British Museum. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Janet Abramowicz". Collections Search Center. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 5 July 2024.


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