About Nan Lurie
Lived 1910 – 1985 (aged 74–75). Nan Lurie was an American engraver.
Nan Lurie (1906–1985) was an American printmaker and engraver (born in Odessa) known for 1930s works about racism and about the daily life of African Americans.
She studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League. She married Kenneth Fearing on June 18, 1945.
She was a member of the Federal Art Project in New York City from 1935 to 1942.
Her work is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Works Despair lithograph, n.d. Old Tales lithograph, n.d. Sand Yard lithograph, n.d. Sandyard lithograph, n.d. Speaker lithograph, n.d. Subway Bootblack lithograph, 1935-1943 Subway Scene lithograph, n.d. Sunday Afternoon lithograph, n.d. Women's House of Detention print, 1936-1939 Technological Improvements, print, 1936-1939 Next, lithograph, 1936-1939
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Who was Nan Lurie?
American artist (1910–1985)
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Nan Lurie was born in 1910 in New York City.
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Nan Lurie died in 1985.
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Nan Lurie was an engraver.
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Nan Lurie was American.
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