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Grace AlbeeBorn in Rhode Island, Albee, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and in Paris.She took up wood engraving in 1928 as a relief from life's tensions, recording rural subject matter,urban changes, landscapes, and various themes from nature.
Working in the realistic manner, her detailed use of the graver on the wood block produced fineline work reminiscent of the Old Masters. Her work was of such consistency and quality it guaranteed her election to the National Academy.
Her prints are represented in museums throughout the United States with large holdings in the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Georgetown University, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum.
Johnson, Una E., American Prints and Printmakers, New York, 1980, p.36.
Reese, Albert, American Prize Prints of the 20th Century, New York, 1949, p.2.
Denker, Eric, Grace Albee: An American Printmaker,1890-1985, National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition brochure, Washington, D.C., 1999.
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Grace Albee
American (1890-1985)
Collector's Item
5-3/8 x 4-3/4 in.
Wood engraving, 1945, edition 50. Signed on the block, lower left; signed, titled, and edition noted in pencil. Printed on tissue thin paper with watermark, Esleek Fidelity Onion Skin .
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Grace Albee
American (1890-1985)
Under the Chinaberry Tree
5-5/8 x 5 in.
Wood engraving, 1947, edition 25. Signed on the block, lower left; signed, dated, titled and edition noted in pencil.
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Grace Albee
American (1890-1985)
Self Portrait
3-7/8 x 10 in.
Wood engraving, 1966, edition 5/40. Signed, dated, numbered, and
titled in pencil. Notation in pencil, "To Dr. Socalis for your very great help in making
it possible to continue my work in the field of wood engraving. (Oct.1967)."
Albee's wood engravings were always printed by hand usually on a Chinese box
wood block.
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Grace Albee
American (1890-1985)
Wild Flowers
5-1/4 x 4-5/8 in.
Wood engraving, 1976, edition 35. Signed in pencil.
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Grace Albee
American (1890-1985)
After the Conestoga Valley
6 x 6-3/4 in.
Wood engraving, 1958, edition 35. Signed in the block, lower right;
signed, titled, and noted, "state proof," in pencil.
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Grace Albee
American (1890-1985)
Forgotten Things
8 x 11-1/4 in.
Wood engraving, 1942, edition of 200. (state III/III).Signed in the block, lower right. Signed, titled, and edition noted in pencil. Full margins. The Print Club of Cleveland Publication, No. 21, for 1943. Illustrated in Great American Prints, 1900-1950, June and Norman Kraeft, Dover Publications, 1984, pl.1. Framed.
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