Nan Lurie (1906–1985) was an American printmaker and engraver (born in Odessa) known for 1930s works about racism and about the daily life of African Americans.

She studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League. She married Kenneth Fearing on June 18, 1945.

Nan Lurie

She was a member of the Federal Art Project in New York City from 1935 to 1942.

Nan Lurie

Her work is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Nan Lurie

Works

Despair lithograph, n.d. Old Tales lithograph, n.d. Sand Yard lithograph, n.d. Sandyard lithograph, n.d. Speaker lithograph, n.d. Subway Bootblack lithograph, 1935-1943 Subway Scene lithograph, n.d. Sunday Afternoon lithograph, n.d. Women's House of Detention print, 1936-1939 Technological Improvements, print, 1936-1939 Next, lithograph, 1936-1939

References

External links

Nan Lurie, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nan Lurie works for sale

Nan Lurie, Art Institute of Chicago

Nan Lurie (American, 1910), artnet

Nan Lurie, Smithsonian American Art Museum

1910 births

1985 deaths

Federal Art Project artists

20th-century American women artists