Storm, Leah Balsham

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Leah Balsham, Storm
Leah Balsham, Storm
Leah Balsham
Storm
1939
Leah Balsham, artist
1915–2015
Storm, 1939
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: linocut
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 299 x 424 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 11 3/4 x 16 11/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in
Credit line: Gift of the WPA Arts Project
Accession number: 0000.0595
Not on display
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Leah Balsham is a Chicago-based ceramicist and printmaker. She taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and worked for the WPA during the Great Depression. Balsham’s pottery was influenced by a fascination with Greek myths and vase painting, folk and primitive art, biblical lore, Japanese prints, Persian painting, patterned surfaces, and water ecology.

In recent years, Balsham has retired to Beverly Shores, Indiana, where she has volunteered extensively for a local animal shelter, designing their logo and creating ceramic cats that are sold at fundraisers.

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: Centenarians
2018