Santa Claus Marionette

Artist Paul Landacre (1893 - 1963)

Date1929

MediumColor block print

Dimensions5 x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 x 8.9 cm)

ClassificationsPrintmaking

Credit LineGift of Michael J. Rivard and Carol Susan Rivard

Object number2019.042

DescriptionPaul Landacre was born in Columbus, Ohio and attended Ohio State University. While a student, he contracted a streptococcus infection that left him disabled. After graduating in 1916, he moved to Chula Vista, California hoping that the mild climate would aid his recovery. While recuperating, Landacre explored the local landscape and started drawing and making linocuts. He moved to Los Angeles in 1922 and attended Otis Art Institute for a time, but was largely self-taught in wood engraving because it was not part of the art school’s curriculum. Landacre worked as a commercial illustrator for a few years in Los Angeles, but turned full time to wood engraving in 1926. In the 1930s and ‘40s he exhibited widely, including at Zeitlin Gallery in Los Angeles, San Francisco Museum of Art, California Art Club, Venice Biennale, the 1939 New York World’s Fair, the Library of Congress, and a solo show at the Smithsonian Institution in 1947. He also illustrated several award-winning books, including California Hills (1931), and is in many important national public collections, including the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, the Seattle Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.

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