Stone + Press | Stone + Press Artists | Caroline Durieux
(American, 1896-1989)
Caroline Durieux was born in New Orleans in 1896 and was already making sketches by the age of four. Durieux's formal art training was at Newcomb College (1912-1917) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1918-1920). It was Carl Zigrosser of the Philadelphia Museum who initially encouraged Durieux to try lithography. While living in Mexico, Caroline worked with Diego Rivera and the other Mexican masters. Durieux joined the art faculty at Newcomb College and taught from 1938-43. She also served as the Director for Louisiana's WPA Art Project during that same period. Her lithographs of the thirties and forties rank as some of the finest satirical pieces ever made.
In 1943, Durieux left New Orleans to teach at Louisiana State University where in the early 50's she began her experimental work on electron printmaking, demonstrating the peaceful use of atomic technology. She also successfully produced the first color cliché verres while simultaneously perfecting her technique for making electron prints.
Caroline Durieux was born in New Orleans in 1896 and was already making sketches by the age of four. Durieux's formal art training was at Newcomb College (1912-1917) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1918-1920). It was Carl Zigrosser of the Philadelphia Museum who initially encouraged Durieux to try lithography. While living in Mexico, Caroline worked with Diego Rivera and the other Mexican masters. Durieux joined the art faculty at Newcomb College and taught from 1938-43. She also served as the Director for Louisiana's WPA Art Project during that same period. Her lithographs of the thirties and forties rank as some of the finest satirical pieces ever made.
In 1943, Durieux left New Orleans to teach at Louisiana State University where in the early 50's she began her experimental work on electron printmaking, demonstrating the peaceful use of atomic technology. She also successfully produced the first color cliché verres while simultaneously perfecting her technique for making electron prints.
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