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Dorothy Cavalier Yanik

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Dorothy Miriam Cavalier Yanik (1928–2015)[1] was an American artist and arts educator, known for her printmaking, fiber arts, and painting. She taught at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh.[2]

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Dorothy Miriam Cavalier was born on 3 February 1928 in Baltimore, Maryland.[1] In 1960, Yanik took private weaving lessons from Anni Albers.[3] She studied under Josef Albers at Yale University, and earned a B.F.A. degree in 1963.[4] In 1975, she received her M.F.A. degree from Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).[5] She married architect and professor, John Yanik.[1] Yanik's work was included in a 2018 book Anni Albers[6] and the 2017 book On Weaving: New Expanded Edition[7] and in related 2018 art exhibition at the Tate museum.[8]

She taught at Philadelphia College of Art (1965–1967), Catholic University of America (1977–1978), Trinity Washington University (1973–1979), American University (1975–1982), and Arizona State University at Tempe (1982–1984).[4]

She died on 27 May 2015 at her home in Bethesda, Maryland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Obituary Yanik". The Washington Post. May 30, 2015 – via Legacy.com.
  2. ^ Lewis, Jo Ann (1986-05-17). "Galleries". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ Bittleman, Dolores Dembus (January 2012). "Anni Albers Teaching". Josef & Anni Albers Foundation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. p. 594. ISBN 9781135638825. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  5. ^ "Masters Thesis Collection, Yanik". MICA. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  6. ^ Coxon, Ann; Fer, Briony; Müller-Schareck, Maria (2018). Anni Albers. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300237252.
  7. ^ Albers, Anni; Fox Weber, Nicholas (10 October 2017). On Weaving: New Expanded Edition. Princeton University Press. p. 253. ISBN 9780691177854.
  8. ^ "Anni Albers, Large Print Guide". Tate. 2018.
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