Maybelle Stamper (1907–1995) was an American printmaker.

Maybelle Richardson Stamper[1]
Born1907 (1907)
Died1995(1995-00-00) (aged 87–88)[2]

Stamper studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Art Students League of New York.[3] In 1947 she moved to Captiva Island, Florida, where she became a friend of her neighbor Robert Rauschenberg.[3][4][5] Around 1990, she deeded her property to Rauschenburg in exchange for being able to live there and for financial support until her death.[3][4]

Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Block Museum of Art,[6] the Cincinnati Art Museum,[1] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[2] and the Currier Museum of Art.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Behind the Scenes in Conservation: an Imaginative Interpretation". Cincinnati Art Museum.
  2. ^ a b "Maybelle Stamper". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  3. ^ a b c "Home of Maybelle Stamper". Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b Williams, Amy Bennett (26 March 2016). "By Herself: Remembering Captiva Artist Maybelle Stamper". The News-Press.
  5. ^ "Maybelle Stamper :: Captiva Island Historical Society".
  6. ^ "Maybelle Stamper: Works on Paper". The Block Museum of Art - Northwestern University.
  7. ^ "Currier Museum of Art - Red Orchid". collections.currier.org.