American lithographer (1897–1993)
Lynton Richards Kistler
Born (1897-08-30 ) August 30, 1897Died November 9, 1993(1993-11-09) (aged 96) Occupation
master printmaker Years active 1920s–1976 Known for lithography Spouses
Naomi Tucker,
Lelah O. Morris
Children 1 Parent William A. Kistler (father)
Lynton Richards Kistler (1897–1993) was an American
master printmaker , small book publisher, and author. He became known as the best stone
lithographer in the United States, at the peak of his career in 1950s.
[1] He owned and operated the lithography press, Kistler of Los Angeles .
Biography
Lynton Richards Kistler was born August 30, 1897, in
Los Angeles ,
California .
[2] He is descended on his paternal side from northern Switzerland and southern Germany people who had settled in
Kistler Valley in
Pennsylvania , and his maternal side was from England.
[3] His father, William A. Kistler, had owned Kistler Printing and Lithography , a Los Angeles-based lithography and letterpress shop, for 30 years.
[4]
[1]
[2] He attended
Hollywood High School and
Manual Arts High School .
[1] During
World War I , he served in the
United States Army (1917 to 1918).
[1]
[3]
In the late 1920s, Kistler learned lithography in this father's shop.
[4] Early in his career he befriended and worked with
Merle Armitage , and artists
Jean Charlot and
Edward Weston .
[1] In 1936, his father sold the printshop, and Kistler started practicing lithography in the garage and briefly opened a business.
[4] In 1941, Kistler moved to New York City to work in printmaking at Blanchard Press.
[4]
In 1945, Kistler moved back to Los Angeles and started printing for a larger group of artists at Kistler of Los Angeles .
[4] Starting in 1948, he worked with printmaker
June Wayne , and inspired her to open Tamarind Lithography Workshop (now
Tamarind Institute ).
[1]
[5] Printmakers
Joe Funk and
Jan Stussy also worked in the Kistler print workshop.
[6] He stopped printing lithography in 1952 after experiencing an allergic reaction to the chemicals.
[4]
Kistler worked with many artists over the years, including
Millard Sheets ,
Wayne Thiebaud ,
Lorser Feitelson ,
Helen Lundeberg ,
Beatrice Wood ,
Hans Burkhardt ,
Eugene Berman ,
Clinton Adams ,
Palmer Schoppe [
Wikidata ] , and
Joe Mugnaini .
[1]
He bought a commercial printing plant at 1653 West Temple Street in Los Angeles, which he held until 1970.
[4] From 1970 to 1976, until his retirement, he owned a larger commercial printing plant.
[4]
Kistler taught printmaking at
UCLA Extension for many years.
[1]
He died on November 9, 1993, in
Laguna Hills , California, at the age of 96.
[1]
Collections
Kistler's work is in public museum collections, including:
Art Institute of Chicago ,
[7]
British Museum ,
[8]
Des Moines Art Center ,
[9]
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ,
[10]
Hammer Museum ,
[11]
Library of Congress ,
[12]
Los Angeles County Museum of Art ,
[13]
Metropolitan Museum of Art ,
[14]
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ,
[15]
National Gallery of Art ,
[16]
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art ,
[17]
New Mexico Museum of Art ,
[18]
Philadelphia Museum of Art ,
[19]
Richardson Memorial Library, Saint Louis Art Museum,
[20]
Syracuse University ,
[21]
University of San Diego ,
[22]
Bibliography
Kistler, Lynton R. (1950). How to Make a Lithograph: The Art of Stone Lithography .
References
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i Oliver, Myrna (November 16, 1993).
"Obituaries: Lynton R. Kistler; Modern Artists' Lithographer" . Los Angeles Times .
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Hughes, Edan Milton (1986). Artists in California 1786-1940 . San Francisco, CA: Hughes Publishing Co.
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b Ratner, Joanne L. (1993).
The Fine Arts and Lithography in Los Angeles Oral History Transcript, 1988-89: Lynton Kistler . Oral History Program,
University of California, Los Angeles – via Internet Archive.
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"Kistler Printing and Lithography Collection" . Online Archive of California (OAC) . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
^ Brown, Betty Ann (2012). Afternoons with June: Stories of June Wayne's Art & Life . New York: Midmarch Arts Press.
ISBN
978-1-877675-83-6 .
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"Jan Stussy" . FAMSF Search the Collections . September 21, 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-19 .
^ Berman, Eugene.
"Verona" . The Art Institute of Chicago . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"print" . The British Museum . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Lynton R. Kistler – Artists & Creators" . Des Moines Art Center . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Lynton Kistler" . FAMSF Search the Collections . September 21, 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Lynton Kistler" . Hammer Museum . University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Projective agent / Edmondson 1951" . Library of Congress . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Lynton Kistler" . LACMA Collections . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Deer, 1955" . Metropolitan Museum of Art .
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"Horse Frightened by Lightning" . Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Provenance" . National Gallery of Art (NGA) . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Lynton R. Kistler" . The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Lynton R. Kistler" . New Mexico Museum of Art . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Glamour Girl" . Philadelphia Museum of Art . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Richardson Memoriail Library" . Saint Louis Art Museum . Retrieved 2022-10-20 .
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"Colophon (stylized initials of Lynton R. Kistler)" . Syracuse University . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
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"Lynton Kistler" . University of San Diego . Retrieved 2021-08-18 .
External links
International National Artists