Hotel as art, art as hotel Aug 24, 2006
Rather than distance locals with typical assembly-line design and cookie-cutter art typical of a big-name hotel, the Coralville Marriott's rooms, lobbies, and even the staircase feature Iowa artists' work, including many well-known locals - Mauricio Lasansky, Astrid Bennett, Shawn and Sarah Nelson, and Benjamin Chait, to name a few. The first floor even boasts a cozy Amana-furnished Writers' Workshop library, enticing guests to cuddle up with a novel by world-famous workshop graduates such as... (Daily Iowan, IA)
Jim Ochs wins merit award Nov 7, 2005
He studied with Mauricio Lasansky, one of Iowa's best-known artists, who taught at the University of Iowa from 1945 to 1984. Lasanksy had also worked among abstract expressionists in New York, but his influences date back to Goya and Velasquez. (Des Moines Register)
Cedar Rapids Art Museum has big city culture Jan 8, 2005
Also on permanent display at the museum are works by additional regionalist painters, including Marvin D. Cone and Mauricio Lasansky. Cone was a graduate of and professor at Coe College and focused on nature in his art, seeking to "evoke his inner vision of nature rather than to create a realistic depiction of the rural landscape," according to the museum's Web site. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
The First Art Newspaper on the Net. May 28, 2004
Master etcher Mauricio Lasansky returned to Argentina and then immigrated to the United States to establish a print department at the University of Iowa. Francisco Toledo, an acclaimed graphic artist and one of Mexicos most important artists today, has received international recognition for his fanciful and profound synthesis of pre-Colombian mythology, modern Mexican history, and autobiography. (Art Daily)
Museum collections growing Dec 13, 2003
" In addition to the donated Himalayan trove, the trustees accepted a Robert Motherwell lithograph, a Nell Blaine watercolor and pastel work, and a Mauricio Lasansky intaglio print as gifts from Beatrice B. Dunn of Glen Allen, as well as a small bronze, "Horse Attacked by a Lion," by French 19th-century sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye from Mrs. Nelson L. St. Clair Jr. of Williamsburg. Contact Roy Proctor at (804) 649-6733 or rproctor@timesdispatch.com Top of page Advertise ; Subscribe to the RTD... (Richmond Times Dispatch, VA)
