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Lum, Bertha Boynton, 1879-1954

 Person

Biography

Born in Iowa. Color woodblock printer. One of the first artists in America to combine embossing with color woodcut. Studied with Frank Holme and Anna Weston at the Art Institute of Chicago. Also studied woodblock printing in China for 5 years. See Chris Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1985), 454.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Lum, Berthe

 File — Box SC125 Box 10: Series 2 [Barcode: U185012644755], Folder: 56
Identifier: Sub-series 1.1
Subseries Scope and Content From the Sub-Series:

The Artists Files subseries contains information related to the artist and their works includes photographs, programs, articles and correspondence used in research for specific artists within the collection.

Dates: 1777 - 2009