Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Claire van vliet, a veteran printmaker and an acclaimed art book printer and publisher, loves to draw rocks. Claire van vliet is the proprietor of the janus press, founded in 1955 and located in newark, vermont, since 1966. Van vliet, founder of the janus press and onetime recipient of a macarthur genius grant, is a printmaker and book artist. Janus publications books, pamphlets, and broadsides number approximately 100. Claire van vliet is a printmaker and book artist who has been honored with a john d. Claire van vliet born 1933 in ottawa, ontario is an artist, illustrator, and typographer who founded janus press in san diego, california in 1955. Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Flatlands, a work inspired by the artists train crossings of both the canadian and american plains, features van vliet.
Though some books are entirely van vliets creation, from the writing and art to the finished product, janus press has also designed and. Van vliet has created a significant body of watercolors, drawings, etchings, woodcuts, lithographs and pulp paintings, many of which have found their way into the unique books she designs, typesets, prints and binds. The collection is organized by individual books of the press and for each book there exist drawings, proofs, layouts, and designs. Carruth with a paperwork by claire van vliet and kathryn and. Claire van vliet is one of americas preeminent artists of the book, having created some of. She is known both for her use of traditional techniques, materials, and forms, as well as for innovation in illustration with painted paper pulp and nonadhesive and woven book structures. In 1989 van vliet was honored with a macarthur fellowship, the first ever awarded to a book artist. To date, she has published more than one hundred limitededition artists books. Other users include local artists, girl scout troops there is a book artist badge, and.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Claire van vliet national museum of women in the arts. She founded the janus press in san diego, california in 1955, later moving her business with her to newark, vermont, where she continues to live. A more extensive version of this exhibition was installed at the grolier club in new york city from. A couple of weeks ago, i visited the brattleboro museum and art center to take in the claire van vliet. Link to loneliness in olin library special collections lady freedom among us. Drawing rocks gives you a really good excuse to make a picture that is just pure form, without a literal history, she says. The original bearer may have lived or worked near a vliet, a dutch term for a minor stream. Van vliet founded janus press in 1955, through which she has published handprinted books illustrated with original prints and pulp paintings. Choose your favorite van vliet designs and purchase them as wall art, home decor, phone cases, tote bags, and more. Claire van vliet is best known as the founder and owner of janus press, a worldrenowned publisher of fine books.
Having lived on the salisbury plain near stonehenge and crossed the atlantic several times as a child, she has long been drawn to. Shop for van vliet art from the worlds greatest living artists. Nek book artist wins lockwood prize claire van vliet, book artist. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Be the first to know premier items delivered to your inbox. Moon, kilclooney more, 1998 vitreograph with hand painted water color, edition of 23.
Macarthur foundation prize fellowship and an ingram merrill foundation award. That same year, van vliets first artist book of wood engravings, the oxford odyssey, was published. Claire van vliet and the janus press national gallery of art. Book, a country doctorein landarzt by franz kafka, relief etchings by claire van vliet. Many have been designed, illustrated, typeset, printed sometimes on paper made by the artist, and bound by van vliet in a wellequipped studio. Many of the books from the janus press were the generous gifts of patricia g.
While her roots are in traditional typographic forms, van vliet has moved beyond the boundaries of standard book design through her free composition of text pages, her incorporation of pictorial material with text, and her innovations in book. Claire van vliet is widely recognized as a master printmaker and has won numerous awards including election to the national academy, two honorary doctorates of f. Claire van vliet is a renowned book artist who founded the janus press in 1955 and has produced groundbreaking innovations in the book arts field for more than six decades. Claire van vliet is a graphic artist, a printmaker, a bookmaker, a papermaker, and the founder of the janus press in 1955. A collaboration between vermonters claire van vliet, proprietor of janus press, and judy fairclough sgantas, an artist and gardener. The janus press archive was purchased from claire van vliet, proprietor of janus press, in september, 1991. Woven and interlocking book structures claire van vliet and elizabeth steiner, woven and interlocking book structures newark, vermont. University of virginia library online exhibits lady.
Although best known for her groundbreaking, awardwinning work as founder of the janus press, claire van vliet has produced other extraordinary bodies of work. Artist claire van vliets northeast kingdom skies started small. Claire van vliet born ottawa, ontario, canada born ottawa, ontario, canada 1933. One of these is wheeler mountain, which is also an ongoing series. Curator ruth fine from the national gallery of art will present a lecture for an exhibition of work by nationally renowned printmaker claire van vliet at the bates college museum of art friday, jan. A more extensive version of this exhibition was installed at the grolier club in new. The vermont supreme court gallery presents sky and earth. These directions on how to bind her books involving atypical techniques of slits, slots and weaves.
Book artist claire van vliet has, at her janus press, constructed dazzling broadsides and artist books based on poetry by, among others, hayden carruth, galway kinnell, and margaret kaufman. Karla van vliet is the author of two collections of poems, from the book of remembrance shanti arts, 2015, andthe river from my mouth shanti arts, 2016 and a poem length chapbook, fragments. Van vliet has lived in northeastern vermont for 50 years, and during that time has found a lot of different rocks. The artists book collection is comprised of over limited edition. Claire van vliet was born in 1933 in ottawa, ontario, lost her parents as an adolescent, and moved to california to live with an aunt. The name is quite common in the netherlands, ranking 40th in 2007 16,903 people. Muruwai sea tunnel, 1999 vitreograph, edition of 20. This work is a double alphabet book, with classical roman letter forms entwined with plant life and insects. This could be pet portraiture which i really enjoy doing, but i also have a big passion for wildlife. This exhibition celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the janus press, founded by claire van vliet, by showcasing a selection of their books from the national gallery of art librarys artists book collection. The books were presented on open pedestals without a glassplexiglass cover. Woven and interlocking book structures by claire van vliet.
View artworks for sale by van vliet, claire claire van vliet, canadian. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. This work has been made possible by the researches and generous collaboration of handpapermakers in their studios, starting with kathryn and howard clark at twinrocker and continuing, since 1984, with bernie vinzani and katie macgregor in whiting, maine. Selected works 19522009 maple ridge gallery opened an exhibit today of the blackandwhite works of claire van vliet, the book artist whose janus press has transformed elegant paper into works of striking beauty. The janus press collection, consisting of the artists books produced by the janus press, are purchased as they are published. Claire van vliet historical records and family trees.
Join facebook to connect with claire van vliet and others you may know. In 1955, van vliet began janus press, where her work straddled traditional book making and the production of innovative book formats and structures. She has worked as artist, typographer, printer, binder, and publisher. She is a fine artist, illustrator and typographer who founded janus pressoriginally in san diego, california then in 1966. In 1955 van vliet printed the first book from her janus press, now located in the northeast kingdom of vermont. Browse upcoming auctions and create alerts for artworks you are interested in. View over 2 claire van vliet artworks sold at auction to research and compare prices. Claire van vliet 1933 claire van vliet is the proprietor of the janus press, founded in 1955 and located in newark, vermont, since 1966. Handsome production, designed by claire van vliet and printed at the stinehour press, lunenburg, vermont. The mediums i work in are colored pencils, soft pastels, pastel pencils and graphite. Subscribe to access price results for 150,000 different artists.
Claire van vliet is an artist working mainly in lithography and paper pulp paintings. Many of the janus press books were generous gifts of patricia g. Claire van vliet, book artist extraordinaire and recipient of the macarthur genius grant, writes a book describing how a few of her and her colleagues artists books were bound. All van vliet artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee. Im a full time artist from the netherlands and i focus on realistic animal art.
The relief prints were printed from the original blocks. Four slipcases containing 16 book models are enclosed with the book. She is also a book artisan, illustrator, and typographer, and, in 1955, founded the janus press, which publishes collaborative works by contemporary writers, papermakers, printmakers, and artists. Claire van vliet, left, with gallery owner nancy reid. Claire m van vliet 1945 claire m van vliet, born 1945. Most of the drawings include references to ancient, classical, and renaissance art in contemporary settings, with the artist included as observer statement by the artist. Artist claire van vliet s northeast kingdom skies started small. This exhibition celebrated the 50th anniversary of the janus press, founded by claire van vliet, by showcasing books published by the press from the national gallery of art librarys artists book collection. Thoughts on bookmaking by claire van vliet of the janus press. Celebration of paper exhibit the exhibit included both van vliets handmade books and pulp paintings. An anthology, 1975, lithograph, 6100, gift of isabel ehrlich goodman and charles f. Van vliet received her ba from san diego state college and her mfa from claremont graduate school. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. A collection of asemic writings, is forthcoming from shanti arts, 2020.
Here the rock has been ground and gouged by glaciers forming distinctive whaleback mountains, says van vliet. Van vliet started janus press, presently located in newark, vermont. Their work was featured in several exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the racine art museum and the bates college, museum of art. She was educated at san diego state university in california where she received a bachelor of arts and at claremont college graduate school where she was awarded a. Selected special collections janus press collection claire van vliet, book artist, typographer and founder of janus press has donated her collections as well as archival material to the library of congress. Janus press collection selected special collections. Bookmaker claire van vliet artist profile seven days. Leontine van vliet is creating animal art tutorials in.
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