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Dahlov Ipcar (American, 1917-2017) <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ipcar was a prolific painter, sculptor, and printmaker who achieved international acclaim for the children\u2019s books she authored and illustrated. Her vibrant works depict flora and fauna in exploratory and imaginative ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The daughter of prominent artists William<\/a> and Marguerite Zorach<\/a>, Ipcar was surrounded by creativity from an early age and grew up immersed in Greenwich Village\u2019s art scene of the 1920s. She was often the subject of her parents\u2019 art as well. After spending summers in Maine as a child, Ipcar returned in 1936 to live and work with her husband. She painted farm animals inspired by the couple\u2019s rustic lifestyle. After publishing her 1965 book, Calico Jungle<\/em>, Ipcar\u2019s style became noticeably more geometric, which became her trademark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1939, at age 21, she was the first woman and the youngest artist to be featured in a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Throughout her life, Ipcar wrote and illustrated more than thirty children\u2019s books and was commissioned to paint several murals for libraries, post offices, and schools. She was the recipient of the Maine Governor\u2019s Award, University of Minnesota\u2019s Kerlan Award for Children\u2019s Literature, and Farnsworth Art Museum\u2019s Maine in America Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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