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Helen West Heller
by Scattergood-Moore5 items Last modified March 1, 2015Helen West Heller (Rushville, Illinois 1872 to New York Citty 1955)
Westsite: http://pantherpro-webdesign.com/heller/index.htmlFrom 1923 to 1955 - Helen West Heller produced over six hundred woodcuts which established her as a major American print-maker. Exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum and Columbia University won her widespread recognition and institutions such as the Library of Congress and Brooklyn Museum acquired her prints. Unfortunately, like too many other women artists of the period, Helen West Heller was nearly forgotten, accept for the writings of Dr. Ernest Harms. Dr. Harms wrote an important appreciation of her prints, Helen West Heller - The Woodcutter for the Print Collector's Quarterly. April 1942, and an article on her life, Dark to Light: An appreciation of the life work of Helen West Heller, 1872-1955, for American Artist (magazine), November 1957.
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