Malcolm Myers Prints: A Retrospective

Malcolm Myers Prints: A Retrospective

An exhibition of prints by Minnesota artist Malcolm Myers

The Quarter Gallery at Regis Center for Art presents Malcolm Myers: A Print Retrospective. The exhibition surveys the printmaking career of this Minnesota artist who taught and mentored several generations of students at the University of Minnesota. Malcolm Myers (1917-2002) was born in Lucerne, Missouri. In 1939 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wichita, Kansas; in 1941 he received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa; and in 1948 he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. He was hired in 1949 to organize the printmaking area in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota, which followed the renaissance of printmaking in the United States in the post-war era. Myers received two Guggenheim Foundation Fellowships for his creative work in the graphic arts. Work by Malcolm Myers is included in the permanent collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, The Brooklyn Museum, Cincinnati art Museum, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Library of Congress, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, New York Public Library, Seattle Art Museum, Walker Art Center, Weisman Art Museum, and many private art collections.


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