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Jennett Lam

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Jennett (sometimes Jennet) Brinsmade Lam (1911–1985)[note 1] was an American painter.

Lam was born in Ansonia, Connecticut, and studied with Josef Albers[1] at Yale University, receiving both her Bachelor of Fine Arts and her Master of Fine Arts degrees from that institution, in 1954 and 1960 respectively.[2] She taught for many years at the University of Bridgeport, eventually being named professor emerita before retiring in 1972.[1] During her career she received a fellowship to the MacDowell Colony in 1960 and 1961.[2] She exhibited widely during her career in the United States and abroad.[1] Lam's work may be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art,[3] the Whitney Museum of American Art,[4] and the Brooklyn Museum.[5] A collection of her papers is held by the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[6]

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  1. ^ Some sources provide a date of death in 1983.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  2. ^ a b "Jennett Lam". Feoli Fine Art. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  3. ^ "Jennett Lam". MoMA. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  4. ^ "Whitney Museum of American Art: Jennett Lam". Collection.whitney.org. 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  5. ^ "Brooklyn Museum". Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Jennett Lam papers, 1954–1980 | Archives of American Art". Aaa.si.edu. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-03-06.