Barlett's Woodcut Collection Exhibit

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Whitewater Arts Alliance to present Elwood Warren Bartlett’s Woodcut collection in September 
The Whitewater Arts Alliance (WAA) will be presenting Elwood Warren Bartlett's wood cut collection in the Cultural Arts Center (CAC) from September 2 - 25. Collector Dan Richardson, who has been obtaining...". Collector Dan Richardson, who has been obtaining all of Bartlett’s pieces, will be present at the opening reception on September 3 at the CAC from 1pm to 4pm. Refreshments will be provided.

Elwood Warren Bartlett was a railroad clerk at the Division Engineer’s Office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the late 1920s and was an American illustrator who was born in Walworth County in 1906. He was a self-taught artist who created wood engravings as an illustrator and was featured in the Chicago Tribune. He created numerous woodblock engravings from the 1930s to the 1950s, most of which were landscapes. He died in Elgin, Illinois in 1981. Since his death, Bartlett’s pieces have been displayed in galleries such as the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Milwaukee Public Library, the West Bend Art Museum, and the corporate collection of the West Bend Mutual Insurance Company.

To learn more about this exhibit, please visit the WAA’s website https://www.whitewaterarts.org/bartlett-woodcuts-2022.

For any questions, please reach out to the WAA manager, Ashley McDarison.