Amy Namowitz Worthen

Amy Namowitz Worthen (née Amy Louise Namowitz; born 1946) is an American printmaker, engraver, curator, art historian of prints and author.[1][2] She is the Emerita Curator of Prints at the Des Moines Art Center.[3][4]

Amy Namowitz Worthen
Born
Amy Louise Namowitz

(1946-08-13) August 13, 1946
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materSmith College,
University of Iowa
Occupation(s)Printmaker, engraver, curator, art historian, author
SpouseThomas Fletcher Worthen (m. 1968–2018; death)

Biography

She was born Amy Louise Namowitz on August 13, 1946, in New York City.[5] Worthen studied at the High School of Music and Art (which is now part of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School). Worthen attended Smith College and received a B.A. degree in 1967, studying under Leonard Baskin.[5] She earned an M.A. degree in 1968 at the University of Iowa, studying under Mauricio Lasansky.[5] Additionally she studied lettering-engraving for silversmiths at Sir John Cass College (now London Guildhall University), from 1986 to 1987.[5]

Her engravings are often architectural.[6]

In 1968, she married art historian and Drake University professor, Thomas Fletcher Worthen (1944–2018).[7] Together they lived part time in Venice, Italy where they restored an apartment in a historic palazzo.[7][8][9] She has also spent considerable time in England, France, Japan, Istanbul, and India.[10] She was the first chair of the Iowa-Veneto Sister State Committee, established in 1997.[11]

In 1968, she married art historian and Drake University professor, Thomas Fletcher Worthen (1944–2018).[7] Together they lived part time in Venice, Italy where they restored an apartment in a historic palazzo.[7][12][13] She has also spent considerable time in England, France, Japan, Istanbul, and India.[14] She was the first chair of the Iowa-Veneto Sister State Committee, established in 1997.[15]

Her prints are included in the permanent collections of the: Smithsonian American Art Museum;[16] the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Cleveland Museum of Art; [17] Iowa State University, Ames;[18] the Van Every Smith Galleries at Davidson College, North Carolina;[19] Grinnell College Museum of Art, Iowa;[20] the Metropolitan Museum of Art;[21] the University of Iowa;[22] and Harvard University.[23]

References
  1. Duncan, Jim (6 December 2017). "Real and Imagined Aspects of Architecture". City View. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. "Book: The prints of J.N. Darling by Amy N. Worthen". Getty Library Catalog (Library record for book). 1991. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. Colbourne, Jane; Snyder, Reba Fishman (2009). Printed on Paper: The Techniques, History, and Conservation of Printed Media. Arts and Social Sciences Academic Press, Northumbria University. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-9561206-3-2.
  4. "Amy N Worthen". independent.academia.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  5. Who's Who in American Art 2003-2004, 25th Ed. Marquis Whos Who. June 2003. ISBN 978-0-8379-6304-4.
  6. "Amy Worthen". Olson-Larsen Galleries. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  7. "Thomas F. Worthen '66". Amherst College. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  8. "Thomas F. Worthen Obituary (1944 - 2018)". Legacy.com. Des Moines Register. May 26, 2018. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  9. Roberson, Kelly (27 February 2018). "Venice: Once Is Never Enough". dsm Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  10. "Amy Namowitz Worthen Biography". www.annexgalleries.com. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  11. "Amy Worthen". iowasisterstates. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  12. "Thomas F. Worthen Obituary (1944 - 2018)". Legacy.com. Des Moines Register. May 26, 2018. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  13. "Venice: Once Is Never Enough". dsm Magazine. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  14. "Amy Namowitz Worthen Biography". www.annexgalleries.com. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  15. "Amy Worthen". iowasisterstates. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  16. "Amy Namowitz Worthen". americanart.si.edu. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  17. "The Voyage of the "Chiaretta"". Cleveland Museum of Art. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  18. "Results – Search Objects – eMuseum". emuseum.its.iastate.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  19. "Artist: Amy Namowitz Worthen". Art Collection from Davidson College. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  20. "Amy Namowitz Worthen". Grinnell College Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  21. "The Met". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  22. "The University of Iowa".
  23. "Harvard University".
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