Blanche Lazzell

Blanche Lazzell (1878–1956), a cubist painter known for her white line woodcuts, received a degree from West Virginia University in 1905. She later studied at the Art Students League, as well as in Paris and Provincetown, Massachusetts. As she continued her studies, her work became more and more informed by modernism; however, it was her involvement in Hans Hofmann’s drawing classes in 1937–38 that encouraged Lazzell’s return to abstraction. Published to accompany an exhibition held at West Virginia University, in Morgantown, West Virginia, the catalogue features drawings by Blanche Lazzell with a major essay by Kristina Olson, explaining Hans Hofmann’s impact on the artist. The catalogue lists 30 works in the exhibition.