Elizabeth Ginno

Elizabeth de Gebele Ginno (1907–1991) was a fine artist from Berkeley, California specializing in painting and printmaking. She is known for her participation in the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) and other Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects. Ginno joined the California Society of Etchers (CSE) and later served as the president for 15 years. Her work was later shown at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Chicago Art Institute, and the Boston Printmakers Gallery. While there, she joined sixty other artists in an Art in Action exhibit, showcasing the active creation of their art, including Diego Rivera, who created his mural, Pan-American Unity while in attendance. Ginno's costume design experience joined with her experience at the World's Fair cumulated in the creation of seventy-five sketches of "depicting men, women, and children of various cultures in traditional dress". after having worked for more than thirty five years at the Engineering Department at the University of California, Berkeley as a draftsman and illustrator.