Anne (sometimes Ann) Michalov (later Johnson) (June 6, 1904 – December 29, 2001)[1] was an American painter and printmaker.

Anne Michalov
Born(1904-06-06)June 6, 1904
Coal City, Illinois
DiedDecember 29, 2001(2001-12-29) (aged 97)
Portland, Oregon
NationalityAmerican
Other namesAnne Michalov Johnson
Known forPainter, printmaker

Michalov was born in Coal City, Illinois[2] and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1920s. She was involved with the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression, producing for that entity eleven lithographs as well as paintings and murals. Upon her marriage, Michalov moved to the Pacific Northwest due to her husband's military service. She taught at the WPA Art Center in Spokane, Washington for a time in the 1940s, and briefly lived in Seattle. She died in Portland, Oregon.[3]

Prints by Michalov may be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[2] the Art Institute of Chicago,[4] the Illinois State Museum,[5] The Newark Museum of Art,[6] and the Dallas Museum of Art.[7] Another lithograph is in the collection of Works Progress Administration art in the art museum at Western Illinois University.[8]

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  1. ^ "Anne Michalov". Illinois Women Artists. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Anne Michalov". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Anne Michalov Biography – Annex Galleries Fine Prints". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Michalov, Anne – The Art Institute of Chicago". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  5. ^ "WPA Art Collection – Illinois State Museum". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Search Our Collection | Newark Museum". www.newarkmuseumart.org. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  7. ^ "Collection Search – Dallas Museum of Art". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Collection – University Art Gallery – Western Illinois University". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
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