Janet Lippincott (16 May 1918 – May 2, 2007) was an American artist born in New York City, who lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from 1946 until her death. She was a part of an artistic movement called the New Mexico Modernists. Her work was abstract, and she worked in a variety of painting media and also made prints.

Biography

Lippincott was the sister of W.J. Lippincott, who headed Lord & Taylor in New York, and of

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who wrote the songs ''Daddy Was A Yale Man'' and ''Saving Ourselves For Yale''. She spent part of her childhood in Paris, where she was exposed to modernist painters. She attended the

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, and subsequently enrolled in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, working on Eisenhower's staff. In 1941-42, during the London Blitz, a building collapsed around her and she broke her back. In 1949, Lippincott attended the

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School for Transcendentalism in

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. After studying with Bisttram and Alfred Morang, she took a job at the

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, and returned to New Mexico in 1954, establishing a house and studio in Santa Fe. She was friends with the artist Elmer Schooley. Upon her death in 2007, her estate, including documents, sketchbooks, and artworks, was donated to St. John's College in Santa Fe.

Awards

Lippincott received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in New Mexico in 2002. Lippincott was honored in an exhibition by the New Mexico Committee of the

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in 2003.

References

External links

Works by Lippincott at ArcadjaWorks by Lippincott at Windsor Betts
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