FANNIE HILLSMITH (1911-2007)A Boston native, Hillsmith attended the Boston Museum school and the Art Students League, NY. She studied at the New York location of Stanley William HayterÕs printmaking workshop, Atelier 17, in the 1940s. Hillsmith was a member of the American Abstract Artists group. In 1945, at the invitation of Josef Albers, Hillsmith taught at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, and in the fall, 1963, she taught at Cornell University, NY.
In 1943 Hillsmith had her first one-woman show at Jimmy ErnstÕs Norlyst Gallery and in the 1940s Peggy Guggenheim featured her work at the Art of This Century gallery. She showed at the Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, from 1949 to 1963, Egan Gallery, NY, in the 1950s, and the Peridot Gallery, NY, in the 1950s and 60s. Fannie Hillsmith, A Memorial Exhibition, October 27 through December 29, 2007, was HillsmithÕs seventh one-person show at the Susan Teller Gallery.
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