Marilyn Lanfear

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Marilyn Lanfear
BornDecember 27, 1930
Waco, TX
DiedJanuary 19, 2020
Education University of Texas at San Antonio University of Texas at Austin
OccupationArtists

Marilyn Lanfear (December 27, 1930 - January 19, 2020) was an American sculptor and performance artist. [1]

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Life

Lanfear was born in Waco, Texas, and raised in Corpus Christi. [2] She earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Texas and received an MFA from the University of Texas San Antonio in 1978. [3] [4] She married, raised a family, and lived in New York City for some years. [4] After her return to Texas, she became a resident of San Antonio, where she showed much of her work. [2] [5]

Work

Her work has been shown in many venues in Texas, [6] as well as some outside the United States. Her art is strongly autobiographical and sociological. [3] [7] Her work is also influenced by the theme of family. [8] Her works are exhibited in the permanent collections of the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Obituary for Marilyn Terry Lanfear". Porter Loring Mortuaries. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Marilyn Lanfear tells many stories" . Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Taylor & Francis. pp. 2089–. ISBN   978-1-135-63889-4.
  4. 1 2 Sweeney, Gary. "Artist on Artist: Gary Sweeney Interviews Marilyn Lanfear" . Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. PechaKucha SA (18 January 2015). "Marilyn Lanfear at PechaKucha San Antonio Vol 16" . Retrieved 9 February 2017 via YouTube.
  6. "Marilyn Lanfear: Material Memory - Past Exhibition - San Antonio Museum of Art". www.samuseum.org.
  7. The New Art Examiner. New Art Association. 1985.
  8. "Family stories help fuel much of Marilyn Lanfear's art - ExpressNews.com". www.expressnews.com. 11 September 2018.