Elfriede Abbe
Born
Elfriede Martha Abbe

February 6, 1919[1]
Washington, DC[1]
DiedDecember 31, 2012(2012-12-31) (aged 93)[1]
Manchester, Vermont[1]
NationalityAmerican
EducationCornell University
Known forSculpture
Engraving
Illustrator

Elfriede Martha Abbe (February 6, 1919 – December 31, 2012) was an American sculptor, wood engraver and botanical illustrator, often displaying nature and simple country living inspired by her Upstate New York home. A self-publisher, Abbe created numerous hand-printed books, which she printed on a printing press in her studio.

Early life and career

Sixth Day by Elfriede Abbe

Elfriede Abbe was born in Washington, D.C. in 1919.[2] Her statue "The Hunter" was featured at the 1939 New York World's Fair in New York.[3] She graduated from Cornell University in 1940,[4] earning a degree in architecture, and attended Syracuse University.[2] From 1942 until her retirement in 1974 she was an illustrator at Cornell.[4]

Later life

After retiring from Cornell, she lived and worked in Vermont. She lived in Manchester[5] until her death in 2012. During her retirement, she published on art and natural history, continuing to produce artwork throughout her life.

Notable awards

Notable collections

Published works

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Legacy.com Obituary". Legacy.com.
  2. ^ a b "Artist biographies" (PDF). Arizona Timebank. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  3. ^ "Elfriede Abbe (1919-2012): A Short Appreciation of an Amazing VT Artist".
  4. ^ a b "Elfriede Abbe work on exhibit at Cornell's Kroch Library". Cornell Chronicle. 1996. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Elfriede Abbe". Printmaking. Frog Hollow. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  6. ^ "Art". Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Carnegie Mellon University. Archived from the original on July 2, 2002. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  7. ^ "Guide to the Elfriede Abbe Papers, 1840–2010". Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Cornell University Library. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  8. ^ "Garden spice and wild pot-herbs". Watsonline. Thomas J. Watson Library The Catalog of the Libraries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  9. ^ "Seven Irish Tales". Thomas J. Watson Library. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  10. ^ The city of Carcassonne. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1988. Retrieved June 28, 2014 – via Thomas J. Watson Library.
  11. ^ "Plants of Virgil's Georgics". National Gallery of Art. 1962. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  12. ^ "snap dragon". Botanical Art Database. New York Botanical Garden. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  13. ^ "Liber amicorum : presented in honor of Ruth Mortimer, 1994". Archivegrid. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  14. ^ "Fine Press". Yale University Library. Yale University. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  15. ^ Abbe, Elfriede (January 1, 1957). Seven Irish tales. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. OCLC 823231182.
  16. ^ Abbe, Elfriede (January 1, 1970). Mushrooms: wood engravings in color. Elfriede Abbe. OCLC 3367729.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  17. ^ Abbe, Elfriede (January 1, 1971). How prints are made. Manchester, Vt.: South Vermont Art Center Press. OCLC 606840921.
  18. ^ Abbe, Elfriede (January 1, 1972). An introduction to hand-made paper. Manchester, Vt.: Southern Vermont Art Center Press. OCLC 5437260.
  19. ^ Abbe, Elfriede (January 1, 1981). The fern herbal including the ferns, the horsetails and the club mosses. Ithaca [u.a.: Comstock Publ. OCLC 311589972.

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