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Wanda Hazel Gag

Wanda Hazel Gag (1893 - 1946) was active/lived in New Jersey, New York, Minnesota.  Wanda Gag is known for Children's book illustration, drawings, printmaking.

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Wanda Gag, illustrator and painter, became a highly praised printmaker in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, and was much credited for her skill in depicting scenes of everyday life.

She was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, and grew up with the customs and fairy tales of her parents' native Bohemia (Czechoslovakia), in a household filled with German music and literature. Her father, Anton Gag, was an artist who supported the family by decorating houses and churches, and he encouraged her interest in art.

In 1910, her drawings were included in a traveling exhibition organized by the Minneapolis School of Art. After winning prizes for her work, she began formal art study, spending a year at the St. Paul School of Art and completing a three-year course of study at the Minneapolis School of Art. In 1917, having won a scholarship to study at the Art Students League, she went to New York City, where she lived and worked until her death.

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Facts about Wanda Hazel Gag

   Publications  Book References:  44
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Wanda Hazel Gag
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review New Women Students of Robert Henri March 2005 Wardle, Marian Yes
44 Book References for Wanda Hazel Gag
Year Author Title Pages Color
2011 L'Enfant, Julie Pioneer Modernists: Minnesota's First Generation of Women Artists 260 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Marion Wardle and Stephanie American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri 1910-1945 (Brigham Young University Museum of Art) 274 Yes
2005 Swain, Gwenyth Wanda Gag: Storybook Artist 100 Yes
2003 Austin, Robert Michael Artists of the Litchfield Hills
(Exhibition catalog)
132 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1994 Hoyle, Karen Nelson Wanda Gag 139 No
1993 Winnan, Audur Wanda Gag Catalogue Raisonne 0 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Lang, Gladys & Kurt Etched, in Memory The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation 437 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1983 Adams, Clinton American Lithographers 1900-1960: The Artists and Their Printers 228 Yes
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1982 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present 560 Yes
1980 Johnson, Una E American Prints and Printmakers A Chronicle of Over 400 Artists 266 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1976 Bader, Barbara American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within 615 Yes
1976 University of Minnesota The American Scene Urban & Rural Regionalists, 30s and 40s
(Exhibition catalog)
39 No
1975 Mason, Lauris/Joan Ludman Print Reference Sources Bibliography 18th-20th Centuries 246 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 Buffalo Fine Arts Academy American Art in Upstate New York Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculptures 80 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1961 Mahony, Bertha E (others) Illustrators of Children's Books 1744-1945 527 No
1958 O'Connor, William Van (editor) A History of the Arts in Minnesota 62 No
1957 Brooklyn Museum Golden Years of American Drawing 1905-1956
(Exhibition catalog)
72 No
1949 Reese, Albert American Prize Prints of the 20th Century 257 No
1949 Scott, Alma Wanda Gag The Story of an Artist 227 No
1943 Pearson, Ralph M Experiencing American Pictures 234 Yes
1942 Zigrosser, Carl The Artist in America 24 Close-ups of Contemporary Printmakers 207 No
1940 Hall, W. S. Eyes on America United States as Seen by Her Artists 150 Yes
1939 Craven, Thomas (editor) A Treasury of American Prints 100 Etchings and Lithographs by Living Artists 210 No
1939 Museum of Modern Art Art in Our Time Exhibition, Tenth Anniversary MoMA
(Exhibition catalog)
320 No
1938 Bolton, Theodore American Book Illustrators Bibliographic Checklist of 123 Artists 290 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1934 Cahill, Holger/Alfred H Barr Art in America In Modern Times (1865-1934) 110 No
1931 Neuhaus, Eugen The History and Ideals of American Art 444 No
1930 Jewell, Edward Alden Americans Modern Art 152 No
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