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Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Davidson, NORTH CAROLINA

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  • Artist: Claire Van Vliet (Canadian, b. 1933)

Painter, printmaker, and drawer. Studied at Claremont Graduate University and San Diego State University. Apprenticeship at Pickering Press in Philadelphia. Landscape and outdoors influence artwork. Specializes in innovative bookmaking. Started Janus Press in Newark, VT. Has created over 90 artist books and hundreds of drawings, prints, pulp paintings, and broadsides. Awarded McArthur Foundation Fellowship (1989).

Tower of Babel-Kafka by Claire Van Vliet
  • Claire Van Vliet
  • Tower of Babel-Kafka, 1974
Lithograph on paper
30 x 22 x 1.25 in
(76.2 x 55.88 x 3.18 cm)
Grey Cloud by Claire Van Vliet
  • Claire Van Vliet
  • Grey Cloud, 1974
Lithograph on paper
22 x 29.25 in
(55.88 x 74.3 cm)
Stormlight by Claire Van Vliet
  • Claire Van Vliet
  • Stormlight, 1974
Lithograph on paper
14.625 x 17 in
(37.15 x 43.18 cm)