Lillian Wolock Elliott
Lillian Wolock Elliott (1930–1994) was an American fiber artist, and textile designer. She is known for her innovative basket craft.
Lillian Wolock Elliott | |
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Born | 1930 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | 1994 63–64) Berkeley, California, U.S. | (aged
Other names | Lillian Elliott |
Alma mater | Wayne State University, Cranbrook Academy of Art |
Employer(s) | Ford Motor Company, University of California, Berkeley |
Biography
Lillian Wolock Elliott was born in 1930 in Detroit, Michigan.[1][2] She attended Wayne State University (B.A. degree, 1952), and Cranbrook Academy of Art (M.F.A. degree, 1955).[3][2] After she graduated school, she worked at Ford Motor Company, as a designer from 1955 to 1958.[4][3]
In 1960, she moved to California and became active within the California Craft movement, working initially in woven tapestry and fiber arts.[1] Her work changed in the 1970s and expanded to include experiments with textile and printing on textiles.[1] By 1975, she was practicing basketry with unconventional materials, such as cloth, bark, paper, twine, and zippers.[5][1]
She taught at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1966 to 1971.[5] Her longtime collaborator was artist Pat Hickman, who started as her student.[4][6]
Death and legacy
Elliott died in 1994 in Berkeley, California.[5][3] In 1985, Elliott was awarded the designation as one of twenty people, "Living Treasures of California" by the Crocker Art Museum and the Creative Arts League.[1] She was elected as a fellow of American Craft Council in 1992.[7][1]
Elliott has work in public museum collections including Smithsonian American Art Museum,[3][1] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[8] Rhode Island School of Design Museum,[1][9] the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles,[10] and the Jewish Museum.[11]
References
- Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (2013-12-19). "Elliott, Lillian (1930–1994)". North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
- Moore, Alvin Doyle (1961). American Crafts New Talent 1963: Festival of Contemporary Art, University of Illinois, Urbana. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. pp. 1951, 1962.
- Held, Peter; Lineberry, Heather Sealy (2013-11-22). Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft. UNC Press Books. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-4696-1281-2.
- "Lillian Elliott". The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- "Lillian Elliott". Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- Koplos, Janet; Metcalf, Bruce (2010-07-31). Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. University of North Carolina Press. p. 432. ISBN 978-0-8078-9583-2.
- "College of Fellows". American Craft Council. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- "Lillian Elliot". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- "Ribbons Cascading". RISD Museum. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- "About". San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- "Lillian Elliott". The Jewish Museum. Retrieved 2021-08-25.