Malcolm H. Myers

Malcolm Haynie Myers was an American painter, printmaker and professor known primarily for his Intaglio-style engravings. His work is included in numerous museum collections.

In 1948 he joined the art faculty at the University of Minnesota. There, he started the printmaking department in Jones Hall.

In 1951, Myers received a Guggenheim Fellowship (renewed in 1952) and worked in Stanley William (Bill) Hayter's iconic printmaking studio, Atelier 17, in Paris. There, he met and collaborated with Jaques Desjobert, Joan Miró, Enrique Zañartu, and other artists who were involved in the art of printmaking.

Then, in 1954, Myers received a second Guggenheim Fellowship, this time to work in Mexico City, Mexico. There, he met Diego Rivera and became interested in pre-Columbian art. He also renewed his friendship with Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo, whom he had met in Paris at Jacques Desjobert & Sons, a famous lithography workshop.

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