Margaret Burroughs
American, 1915-2010
Birthday Party
INV-1172
Margaret Burroughs
American, 1915-20101957
Birthday Party
Margaret Burroughs American, 1915-2010 →linocutprint
Date
1957
Medium
Linocut on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 40.5 × 48 cm (16 × 18 15/16 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 57.5 cm (17 15/16 × 22 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Joyce Turner Hilkevitch Collection in memory of Jonathan Turner
In 1922, Margaret Burroughs moved with her family from Louisiana to Chicago’s South Side. She was instrumental in establishing the South Side Community Art Center, and in 1948 she completed her Master of Fine Arts degree at the School of the Art Institute. Soon after, she traveled to Mexico to study printmaking; there she was particularly influenced by the powerful graphic style of Leopoldo Méndez.
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