Chicago artist Ellen Lanyon passed away in October 2013 at age 86 while working on a new print series. 

A memorial exhibition of those pieces as well as others, Ellen Lanyon: Remembrance and Celebration, featuring the final Cambridge screenprints, is on view at Printworks in River North through February 14, 2015.

Lanyon split her time between Chicago and New York, and she was a frequent attendee at many art openings and events all around the country. Her diminutive stature was not representative of her energetic personality and zest for art and artists. Lanyon received a B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. Her work is part of the permanent collections of many museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art (New York), Walker Art Center, Milwaukee Art Museum and the Library of Congress.

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