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Luigi Rist

Luigi Rist (1888 - 1959) was active/lived in New Jersey, Vermont.  Luigi Rist is known for Art nouveau design, woodblock printing.

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Luigi Rist was born in 1888 in New Jersey, where he attended the Newark Technical School. To earn extra income in his early twenties he etched art nouveau designs on silver fountain pen cases, and in the early 1920s he commuted to the Grand Central School of Art in New York. It was here that he met Sigurd Skow, who taught painting, and Theodore "Ted" Braithwaite, an artist who later worked for the Christian Science Monitor.  It was also at this school that he made his first block print.
 
In the early 1930s Rist first saw Japanese woodblocks, at an exhibition in New York that he attended with his friend and mentor Morris Blackburn.  Rist was fascinated and began teaching himself the process, developing the style which he would later become known for.

His marriage to Ida Rist in 1937 proved to be the change that would allow him to become successful, as Ida supported the household financially and encouraged Rist to fully delve into a professional artistic car   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1667 characters.]  Artist bio

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