Marian Weygers
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Marian Weygers was an American artist who specialized in printmaking
. She was graduated from the University of California at Berkeley as an art major where she worked and studied under Chiura Obata
, who taught her the ink wash painting style.
She developed an original print making process that she named, imprints from nature, using natural materials such as flowers, leaves
, and grass
as well as rocks and insects. Her techniques have been adopted by many printmaking artists.
She married the sculptor, Alexander Weygers
, in the early 1940s. At first they lived in Berkeley, California
and later relocated to the Monterey Peninsula in the 1960s and settling into their previous retreat in Carmel Valley
, which then served as their home and studios. Her husband died at the age of eighty-seven in 1989. Marian remained in Carmel Valley and was very active in environmental and civic issues until she died on September 26, 2008 at the age of ninety-eight.
Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
. She was graduated from the University of California at Berkeley as an art major where she worked and studied under Chiura Obata
Chiura Obata
was a well-known Japanese-American artist. He came to the United States in 1903, at age 17. After initially working as an illustrator and commercial decorator, he had a successful career as a painter, following a 1927 summer spent in the Sierra Nevada, and was a faculty member in the Art Department...
, who taught her the ink wash painting style.
She developed an original print making process that she named, imprints from nature, using natural materials such as flowers, leaves
Leaves
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, and grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
as well as rocks and insects. Her techniques have been adopted by many printmaking artists.
She married the sculptor, Alexander Weygers
Alexander Weygers
Alexander G. Weygers, , was a polymath American artist who is best known as a sculptor, painter, print maker, philosopher, and author. He was born in Java, Indonesia, to Dutch parents...
, in the early 1940s. At first they lived in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
and later relocated to the Monterey Peninsula in the 1960s and settling into their previous retreat in Carmel Valley
Carmel Valley
The Carmel Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Monterey County, California, east of Carmel-by-the-Sea. The AVA is home to a number of wineries and vineyards, as well as the town of Carmel Valley Village...
, which then served as their home and studios. Her husband died at the age of eighty-seven in 1989. Marian remained in Carmel Valley and was very active in environmental and civic issues until she died on September 26, 2008 at the age of ninety-eight.