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A Life in Print: Robert Blackburn and American Printmaking
by Dr. Deborah Cullen, a 2002 Anyone Can Fly Foundation Professional Scholars Grant recipient.
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Robert Hamilton Blackburn was born in Summit, New Jersey, on December 12, 1920. He passed on April 21, 2003, in New York City. In between these two dates, he quietly but unerringly affected the course of American art with his own graphic work.  What has most generally been stated about Blackburn is that his generosity was legendary, and that he effortlessly fostered diversity on every level at his graphics workshop, The Printmaking Workshop (PMW) since its inception in 1948. (Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell once remarked that Blackburn had invented the word 'multicultural.') He is often invoked as a black artist of the WPA, and lauded as a printer-instructor. Indeed, Blackburn brought printmaking to countless artists through PMW, and he also taught at many universities throughout his life. It is also frequently acknowledged that he was the first master printer at the fabled Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) --- producing the initial seventy-nine editions for artists including Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Larry Rivers.
--Dr. Deborah Cullen, June 2003
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