Tweed Museum of Art : 07–08 Juried Student Exhibition

Wanda Gag

Draw to Live and Live to Draw:

Prints and Illustrations by Wanda Gag

November 11, 2008 - May 17, 2009

Opening Reception: Sunday, November 16th, 2- 4 p.m

Lecture by Julie L'Enfant, author of The Gag Family:

Tuesday November 18th, 6 p.m. in Bohannon Hall 90

(located next to the Tweed Museum of Art)

Story Time Art

Saturday, March 14, 2-4 p.m.

Artist Ellie Alspach will read aloud the award winning Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag.

Art activity, raffle and refreshments

The daughter of Anton Gag, a Bohemian immigrant who settled in New Ulm, Minnesota, Wanda Hazel Gag (1893 - 1946) is recognized today as one of the most pioneering female illustrators and printmakers of the 1920's and 30's. The exhibition presents her lithographs and book illustrations, as well as a selection of her drawings, letters and sketchbooks. The oldest of seven children, Wanda’s parents died early, leaving her as a young teenager to raise her siblings and finish her own education. She illustrated magazines to help support the family, and won scholarships to study in Minneapolis and later in New York.

Wanda Gag’s graphic art is distinguished by its use of dramatic shadows and highlights, as well as its sinuous, flowing shapes and lines. These features of her prints and drawings demonstrate her love for nature, and her desire to produce unity and rhythm out of “all the helpless fringes and frayed edges of our groping lives,” as she stated in 1921 in a letter to artist Adolf Dehn.


Wanda Gag Draw to Live and Live to Draw: Prints and Illustrations by Wanda Gag November 11, 2008 - May 17, 2009 Opening Reception: Sunday, November 16th, 2- 4 p.m *Lecture by Julie L'Enfant, author of The Gag Family:* Tuesday November 18th, 6 p.m. in Bohannon Hall 90 (located next to the Tweed Museum of Art) Story Time Art Saturday, March 14, 2-4 p.m. Artist Ellie Alspach will read aloud the award winning Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag. Art activity, raffle and refreshments The daughter of Anton Gag, a Bohemian immigrant who settled in New Ulm, Minnesota, Wanda Hazel Gag (1893 - 1946) is recognized today as one of the most pioneering female illustrators and printmakers of the 1920's and 30's. The exhibition presents her lithographs and book illustrations, as well as a selection of her drawings, letters and sketchbooks. The oldest of seven children, Wanda’s parents died early, leaving her as a young teenager to raise her siblings and finish her own education. She illustrated magazines to help support the family, and won scholarships to study in Minneapolis and later in New York. Wanda Gag’s graphic art is distinguished by its use of dramatic shadows and highlights, as well as its sinuous, flowing shapes and lines. These features of her prints and drawings demonstrate her love for nature, and her desire to produce unity and rhythm out of “all the helpless fringes and frayed edges of our groping lives,” as she stated in 1921 in a letter to artist Adolf Dehn. Winter Garden, 1935