Blanche Emily Carstenson
Batik artist, printmaker, painter, and textile collagist
About Blanche Emily Carstenson
Lived 1907 – 2002 (aged 94–95). Blanche Emily Carstenson was a tie-dye artist, printmaker, painter and collagist.
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. She attended the University of Omaha, the University of Kansas City, and the Kansas City Art Institute She married fellow artist Cecil Carstenson on May 5, 1927, and the couple settled in the Valentine Neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
Carstenson created the wall hanging Building Blocks for the library of UMKC. Her work is in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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batik artist, printmaker, painter, and textile collagist (1907-2002)
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Blanche Emily Carstenson was born in 1907 in Gray County.
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Blanche Emily Carstenson died on 2 October 2002 in Denver.
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Blanche Emily Carstenson was a tie-dye artist, printmaker, painter and collagist.
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