Wanda Gag, illustrator and painter, became a highly praised printmaker in New York in the 1920s and 1930s and was much credited for her depiction of scenes of everyday life.
She was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, and grew up with the customs and fairy tales of her parents' native Bohemia (Czechoslovakia), in a household filled with German music and literature. Her father, Anton Gag, was an artist who supported the family by decorating houses and churches, and he encouraged her interest in ar (showing 500 of 3277 characters). |
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