Carol Summers
American, 1925 - 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Summers
Carol Summers was born in 1925 in Kingston, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College in 1951, studying with Stefan Hirsch and Louis Schanker.
Summers created his prints through a process he developed in the 1950s that became known in as the "Carol Summers technique": soaking large blocks of wood in ink, he placed them in patterns on one side of a piece of paper in order to, as one reviewer described his work, "give beautiful, blurry, shapes to the other side. The results are simple, decorative and uniquely vibrant."[1]
Summers's work is part of the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum,[1] the Museum of Modern Art in New York City[2] and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.[3]
In addition to his art, Summers had a career as a teacher, serving as an instructor at Hunter College, the Brooklyn Museum School, Pratt Graphics Center, and Columbia University.[4]
