Elizabeth Murray
Elizabeth Murray (September 6, 1940 – August 12, 2007) [1] was an American painter , printmaker and draughtsman . Her works are in many major public collections, including those of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden , the Museum of Modern Art , [2] the Whitney Museum of American Art , the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , [3] the Art Institute of Chicago , the Carnegie Museum of Art , and the Wadsworth Atheneum . Life and work [ edit ] Elizabeth Murray was born in Chicago , Illinois , United States . Murray graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1958-1962. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from Mills College in 1964. [4] As a student, she was influenced by painters ranging from Cézanne to Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns . [5] In 1967, Murray moved to New York City, and first exhibited in 1971 in the Whitney Museum of American Art Annual Exhibitio
