Mabel Hewit
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Mabel Hewit | |
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 Mabel A. Hewitt, Ohio State University Yearbook, 1926 | |
| Born | 1903 |
| Died | 1984 (aged 80–81) |
| Education | |
| Known for | White-line woodblock prints |
Mabel Hewit (1903–1984) was an American woodblock print artist, particularly the white-line style of the Provincetown Printers.
Mabel Amelia Hewit was born in 1903 in Conneaut, Ohio,[1][2] and was raised in Youngstown, where she graduated in 1921 from South High School. She attended Ohio State University, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1926.[2] While there, she was a member of the Pen and Brush Club, Panhellenic Council, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Kappa Phi. She also was on the staff of ‘’Phoenix’’.[3]
She then taught in Detroit and Youngstown's public schools. In 1932, she received her master's degree from the Teachers College, Columbia University.[2] While at Columbia, she took art classes from Blanche Lazzell, who created woodblock prints using the white-line technique, at her studio at Provincetown, Massachusetts. She also took art lessons at the Summer School of Painting at Saugatuck, Michigan over sixteen summers.[2]
