Grace Perreiah | |
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| Born | Eleanor Grace September 8, 1936 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Immaculate Heart College, Corita Kent, Indiana University |
| Known for | Serigraphy |
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]
Perreiah 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]
In 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]
edition of 40 copies, illustrated by Grace Perreiah with eight original serigraphs
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
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
five pages, one folded leaf of illustrations
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)
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