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Claire Van Vliet was born on 1933 in Ottawa, Ontario, is a Canadian born American artist. Discover Claire Van Vliet's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?
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Artist, illustrator, typographer |
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91 years old |
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1933 |
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1933 |
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Ottawa, Ontario |
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United States
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Claire Van Vliet Height, Weight & Measurements
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Claire Van Vliet Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Claire Van Vliet worth at the age of 91 years old? Claire Van Vliet’s income source is mostly from being a successful illustrator. She is from United States. We have estimated Claire Van Vliet's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Claire Van Vliet (born 1933 in Ottawa, Ontario) is an artist, illustrator, printmaker, and typographer who founded Janus Press in San Diego, California in 1955.
Van Vliet graduated from San Diego High School in 1949, in 1952 she graduated from San Diego State College with a Bachelor of Arts, and in 1954 from Claremont Graduate School with a Master of Fine Arts.
In 1955 she moved to Europe, shortly after her first publications, then returned to the United States in 1957.
She worked for John Anderson of Lanston Monotype Company in Philadelphia before moving to Madison, Wisconsin.
She made several trips back to Europe and continued her education in hand typesetting and compositing.
The Janus Press was founded in 1955.
It was named by Van Vliet for the Roman god Janus.
The press publishes collaborative works by contemporary writers, papermakers, printmakers and artists, including Raymond Carver, Tess Gallagher, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, W. R. Johnson, Galway Kinnell, John le Carré, Denise Levertov, Sandra McPherson, W. D. Snodgrass, Ruth Fine, Lois K. Johnson, Susan Johanknecht, Jerome Kaplan, Ray Metzker, Peter Schumann, Helen Siegl, Kathryn Clark (Twinrocker), Amanda Degener, Mary Lyn Nutting, Katie MacGregor, and Bernie Vinzani.
The 60th anniversary was celebrated with an exhibition at the San Francisco Center for the Book.
She was teaching at the museum school in Philadelphia in 1961
Born in Canada, Van Vliet emigrated to the United States after the death of her parents.
She arrived in California where she was raised by her aunt.
She taught drawing and printmaking classes at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and Philadelphia Museum College of Art from 1965 to 1966.
The Janus Press has been based in Newark, Vermont since Van Vliet settled there in 1966.
Van Vliet "pioneered a technique of using the colored-paper pulp to create illustrations."
Van Vliet's work is in the collection of the Fleming Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Walker Art Center.
In 1967 she established a typographic workshop in Madison, Wisconsin.
She received a MacArthur Genius Grant in 1989.
She is known for her innovative use of dyed paper pulp to create illustrations.
She is also known for her long career in artist's books.
In 2005 the 50th anniversary of the press was celebrated by an exhibition entitled Beauty in Use: 50 Years of the Janus Press at the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth College.
