Barbara Wilk

Barbara Wilk (March 27, 1923 – April 2, 2007) was an American artist and filmmaker. Originally working as an oil painter, as well as an instructor at Connecticut colleges, she shifted to printmaking in her later life. She also worked as an animator and won a 1980 Guggenheim Fellowship for one of her animated films.

Life and career Barbara Wilk was born on March 27, 1923,

Following her education, she worked as a freelance artist, teacher and writer. it was shown at the Second International Festival of Women's Films in 1976 and won awards at the 1977 New Jersey Film Festival and 1978 Connecticut Film Festival. she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in filmmaking; she used it for an animated film on for which she hand-painted two thousand cel frames.

She had three children with her husband Max Wilk, to whom she was married until her death. She also lived at a second home in Santa Fe since the 1980s. In 2011, some of her own paintings and prints were sold at an auction after her husband's death.