Janet Lippincott

Janet Lippincott (16 May 1918 – May 2, 2007) was an American artist born in New York City, who lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from 1946 until her death.[1][2][3] She was a part of an artistic movement called the New Mexico Modernists. Her work was abstract, and she worked in a variety of painting media and also made prints.[4]

Biography

Lippincott was the sister of W.J. Lippincott, who headed Lord & Taylor in New York,[5] and of David McCord Lippincott who wrote the songs Daddy Was A Yale Man and Saving Ourselves For Yale. She spent part of her childhood in Paris, where she was exposed to modernist painters.[4]

She attended the Art Students League of New York, and subsequently enrolled in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, working on Eisenhower's staff.[4][6] In 1941-42, during the London Blitz, a building collapsed around her and she broke her back.[4] In 1949, Lippincott attended the Emil Bisttram School for Transcendentalism in Taos, New Mexico.[7] After studying with Bisttram and Alfred Morang, she took a job at the San Francisco Art Institute, and returned to New Mexico in 1954, establishing a house and studio in Santa Fe.[4][8]

She was friends with the artist Elmer Schooley.[9]

Upon her death in 2007, her estate, including documents, sketchbooks, and artworks, was donated to St. John's College in Santa Fe.[4][8]

Awards

Lippincott received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in New Mexico in 2002.[10][11]

Lippincott was honored in an exhibition by the New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in 2003.[12][13]

References
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  8. Wice, Andrew (10 January 2017). "A World-Class Artist's Gift". St. John's College. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. McGraw, Kate (18 April 2008). "Pioneers & Pals: Janet Lippincott and Elmer Schooley are shown at neighboring galleries". Albuquerque Journal: S.4 – via ProQuest.
  10. Hendrix, Sharon (11 August 2006). "Last of the Modernists; Painting, for Janet Lippincott, 88, is about the act of painting itself". Albuquerque Journal: 3 – via ProQuest.
  11. "Governor's Awards recipients selected". Albuquerque Journal: C3. 6 May 2002 – via ProQuest.
  12. "About Us: Awards". New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011.
  13. Jackson, Devon (April 2011). "Janet Lippincott: The 1960s - Paintings & Drawings". Santa Fean Magazine: 51 – via Issuu.
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