Lenore Tawney: Lost (and Found)
Shira Wolfe, Artland Magazine
April 2020
Artland’s Lost (and Found) Artist series focuses on artists who were originally omitted from the mainstream art canon or largely invisible for most of their careers. Lenore Tawney’s story in art spanned over 60 decades, yet her artistic career did not fully begin until she was in her 50s. Her breakthrough came with her revolutionary woven forms in the early 1960s. This innovative woven work helped shape the course of fiber art throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Tawney also became known for her personal collages, sculptural assemblages, drawings and postcards, which she started making in the 1960s and continued for the rest of her life. […]