 Eugene (Mrs) Higgins is primarily known as Mabel Jacque Williamson Dwight
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A keen observer of the absurdity of the human condition, she is best known for her lightly satirical depictions of life in New York City and has been called "the Master of the Comedie Humaine" (Rubinstein 224).
She captured the tragic and comic side of people living in cities, many of them on velvety lithographs where she used a crayon technique to create white shapes against dark backgrounds--parodies of the human situation. She also did portraits and architectural prints. She has been (showing 500 of 3566 characters). |
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