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The Emblematic Wood Engravings of Carroll Thayer Berry
This March we are celebrating the emblematic wood engravings by printmaker Carroll Thayer Berry, who was born one-hundred and thirty-seven years ago in New Gloucester, Maine, on March 28, 1886.
As the son of a dairy farmer, Berry did not want to follow in his father鈥檚 footsteps. Instead, he enrolled at the University of Michigan and became an engineer. Although Berry thought like an engineer, he dreamed like an artist, and in 1905, Berry began taking classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He eventually became a commercial artist in New York City.
During the Depression, many artists, like Berry, turned to printmaking to survive. He moved back to Maine, and bought a three-story brick building in Rockport that served as a studio for the rest of his life. Equipped with a 19th-century printing press, Berry perfected his printmaking skills, producing over 10,000 wood engravings, woodcuts, and linoleum prints.
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This March we are celebrating the emblematic wood engravings by printmaker Carroll Thayer Berry, who was born one-hundred and thirty-seven years ago in New Gloucester, Maine, on March 28, 1886.
As the son of a dairy farmer, Berry did not want to follow in his father鈥檚 footsteps. Instead, he enrolled at the University of Michigan and became an engineer. Although Berry thought like an engineer, he dreamed like an artist, and in 1905, Berry began taking classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He eventually became a commercial artist in New York City.
During the Depression, many artists, like Berry, turned to printmaking to survive. He moved back to Maine, and bought a three-story brick building in Rockport that served as a studio for the rest of his life. Equipped with a 19th-century printing press, Berry perfected his printmaking skills, producing over 10,000 wood engravings, woodcuts, and linoleum prints.
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