Lyndall Bass (born July 5, 1952) is an American

realist painter Realism in the arts is generally the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding speculative and supernatural elements. The term is often used interchangeably with naturalism, although these terms are not ...

and teacher who primarily paints still lifes, flower paintings and symbolist figure paintings. She lives and works in Santa Fe,

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...

. She is the designer of the current reverse of the Lincoln cent, which has been in use since 2010.

Biography

Bass was born in

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. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, studying under Arthur DeCosta, Robert Beverly Hale and

Will Barnet Will Barnet (May 25, 1911November 13, 2012) was an American artist known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting the human figure and animals, both in casual scenes of daily life and in transcendent dreamlike worlds. Bi ...

. Her lineage through DeCosta reaches from his teacher

Daniel Garber Daniel Garber (April 11, 1880 – July 5, 1958) was an American Impressionist landscape painter and member of the art colony at New Hope, Pennsylvania. He is best known today for his large impressionist scenes of the New Hope area, in which he o ...

who was taught by

Thomas Anshutz Thomas Pollock Anshutz (October 5, 1851 – June 16, 1912) was an American painter and teacher. Known for his portraiture and genre scenes, Anshutz was a co-founder of The Darby School. One of Thomas Eakins's most prominent students, he succeede ...

, a student of

Thomas Eakins Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (; July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists. For the length ...

. Will Barnet's legacy extended through his teacher, Philip L. Hale to

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. Durin ...

as presented in the introduction to Richard M. Doty's book about Barnet's life and work. Bass completed her undergraduate studies at

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with a BA in Fine Art in 1984, then went on to receive an MA in Instructional Systems Design from IU in 1987. In New Mexico, she discovered the techniques of

Jacques Maroger Jacques Maroger (; 1884–1962) was a painter and the technical director of the Louvre Museum's laboratory in Paris. He devoted his life to understanding the oil-based media of the Old Masters. He emigrated to the United States in 1939 and bec ...

through a friendship with Siegfried Hahn, whose influence provided connections with European artistic thinking and practice. Hahn's education as an artist included exposure to classical training at the Royal Academy in London.Nelson, Mary Carroll. 'Siegfried Hahn and Howard Wexler: Classical Principles and the Maroger Medium', American Artist Magazine, March 1976, p.40 Bass' work is based on reflections of classical tradition within a contemporary framework. Her primary mediums are

oil paint Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit, and va ...

and

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on paper. Bass lives, teaches and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is married to the painter

Geoffrey Laurence Geoffrey Laurence (born 1949) is an American realist painter. He lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Laurence was born in Paterson, New Jersey. The child of Holocaust survivors, he was brought up and educated in London, England. He attended ...

. Her work is held in private collections internationally.

Awards and honors

Bass has received numerous awards including a

National Society of Arts and Letters The National Society of Arts and Letters (known by its abbreviation NSAL) is an American non-profit group founded in 1944 as a women's organization to assist promising young artists through arts competitions, scholarships and other career opportuni ...

award, a

Franklin Mint The Franklin Mint is a private mint founded by Joseph Segel in 1964 in Wawa, Pennsylvania. The building is in Middletown Township. The brand name was previously owned by Sequential Brands Group headquartered in New York City, New York. It is ...

Award of Excellence and a First Purchase Award in the 1983 exhibition "Realism Today" from the Evansville Museum. She is the recipient of a 2004 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant for working painters. In 1980 she received a

award in an Indiana state art competition. Her most recent award is from the

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for her design of the 2010 permanent Lincoln cent reverse design, known as the “Shield Cent”. Bass' design was sculpted on the reverse by staff sculptor

Joseph Menna Joseph Francis Menna (born March 1970) is an American sculptor and engraver who has worked in both digital and traditional sculpture media. He has been the Chief Engraver of the United States Mint since February, 2019. Biography Menna trained form ...

and both of their initials appear on the reverse of the coin under each side of the scroll bearing the words "ONE CENT".

Notes

Sources

Bicentennial Penny

U.S.Mint

Historic Cast Drawing

* 'Will Barnet' by Richard M. Doty, Abrams 1984

External links

Artist’s website
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