Ellen Lanyon

Ellen Lanyon was born in 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. She received a B.F.A. at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an M.F.A. at the University of Iowa, The Courtauld Institute University of London, UK. Her work was exhibited worldwide and is included in collections such as the Library of Congress, Denver Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art. Lanyon died on October 7, 2013.