J. J. Lankes
American
(Buffalo, New York, 1884 - 1960, Durham, North Carolina)
Julius John (J.J.) Lankes was born in 1884 in Buffalo, New York. He was an artist, illustrator, engraver, printmaker, author, costume designer, and professor most well-known for his woodcut prints and collaboration with poet Robert Frost. He graduated from the Buffalo Commercial and Electro-Mechanical Institute in 1902, then went on to study at the Art Students League in Buffalo from 1908-1910 and the Boston School of the Museum of Fine Arts from 1912-1913. In 1917, he created the first of what would become over 1,300 woodcut prints in his lifetime.
He taught art at Wells College in Aurora, New York for seven years in the 1930s before joining the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in the 1940s as a technical illustrator. During this time, he continued to make his own art and exhibited frequently across the United States, becoming part of the collections of the Library of Congress, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the British Museum. In addition to his work with his longtime friend Robert Frost, Lankes also worked on illustrations for notable authors like Sherwood Anderson and Beatrix Potter.
Lankes passed away on April 22, 1960 in Durham, North Carolina.
Mark Strong (Meibohm Fine Arts, Inc.), 2011
American
(Buffalo, New York, 1884 - 1960, Durham, North Carolina)
Julius John (J.J.) Lankes was born in 1884 in Buffalo, New York. He was an artist, illustrator, engraver, printmaker, author, costume designer, and professor most well-known for his woodcut prints and collaboration with poet Robert Frost. He graduated from the Buffalo Commercial and Electro-Mechanical Institute in 1902, then went on to study at the Art Students League in Buffalo from 1908-1910 and the Boston School of the Museum of Fine Arts from 1912-1913. In 1917, he created the first of what would become over 1,300 woodcut prints in his lifetime.
He taught art at Wells College in Aurora, New York for seven years in the 1930s before joining the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in the 1940s as a technical illustrator. During this time, he continued to make his own art and exhibited frequently across the United States, becoming part of the collections of the Library of Congress, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the British Museum. In addition to his work with his longtime friend Robert Frost, Lankes also worked on illustrations for notable authors like Sherwood Anderson and Beatrix Potter.
Lankes passed away on April 22, 1960 in Durham, North Carolina.
Mark Strong (Meibohm Fine Arts, Inc.), 2011
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