Grace Perreiah (born 1936) is an American artist from Lexington, Kentucky known for her serigraph prints depicting historic buildings in Kentucky, and other subjects.[1]
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| Born | Eleanor Grace September 8, 1936 |
| Education | Immaculate Heart College, Corita Kent, Indiana University |
| Known for | Serigraphy |
Early life and education
editPerreiah was born in Los Angeles, California. She received a BA in art from Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, where she studied under Corita Kent.[2] She attended graduate school at Indiana University and studied in Italy. Later, she studied the history of architecture, historic preservation, and interior design at the University of Kentucky.[3]
Career
editIn 1967, Perreiah moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and became a founding member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen.[4] Working with fine press printers in central Kentucky including Robert James Foose at Buttonwood Press, and Arthur Graham at Polyglot Press, she produced hand-printed serigraphs that illustrate limited-edition works such as her Eight Fables of Aesop (Buttonwood Press, 1969) and Elegant Homes of Lexington (Polyglot Press, 1982).[5]
Perreiah has been a member of the Lexington Art League[6] since 1967 and has exhibited her work in library, gallery, and museum venues across the region.[7]
Collections
edit- University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington, KY, US
- New York Public Library, New York, NY, US
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC, US
Works and publications
edit- Perreiah, Grace (1969). Eight Fables of Aesop. Buttonwood Press. OCLC 57471.
edition of 40 copies, illustrated by Grace Perreiah with eight original serigraphs
- Perreiah, Grace (1976). The Song of Songs Which Is Solomon's: Chapter II. Polyglot Press. OCLC 2685106.
edition of 70 copies, printed by hand in Forum type on Arches paper by Arthur Graham, typographer, and six serigraphs by Eleanor Grace Perreiah, illustrator
- Perreiah, Grace (1982). Elegant Homes of Lexington, Kentucky, 1897: Six Serigraphs. Polyglot Press. OCLC 9273824.
edition of 60 copies, rendering six houses illustrated in an 1897 article in The Commercial Tribune of Cincinnati with accompanying excerpts from the article and notes by Walter E. Langsam
- Perreiah, Grace (1984). Historic Main Street: A View of Lexington's Vanishing Past. OCLC 15546306.
five pages, one folded leaf of illustrations
- Perreiah, Grace (1984). Fine Homes of Louisville, 1888: Seven Serigraphs. OCLC 36836156.
edition of 35 copies, including the text of a January 7, 1888 Harper's Weekly article entitled 'Louisville, Kentucky' by Kirk Monroe and seven serigraphs designed and printed by hand by Grace Perreiah (colophon info)
References
edit- ^ Kentucky Women Artists: 1850-2000. Owensboro, KY: Owensboro Museum of Fine Art. 2001. OCLC 49200213.
- ^ Payne Fine Arts. "Grace Perreiah". Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ Kentucky Artisan Center. "Perreiah, Grace, Lexington, KY". Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ Tower, Ann (September 7, 1986). "League show traces history of state guild". The Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved March 20, 2020 – via NewsBank, Access World News.
- ^ Milward, Burton (1992). "The Private Press Tradition in Lexington, Kentucky". The Kentucky Review. XI (3): 5–27. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "Lexington Art League". Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ Kentucky Artisan Center. "Perreiah, Grace, Lexington, KY". Retrieved March 20, 2020.