Janet Lippincott

Who was Janet Lippincott?

Janet Lippincott was an American artist who lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from 1946 until her death May 2, 2007. She was a part of an artistic movement called the New Mexico Modernists. Janet received the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in New Mexico in 2002. Janet was friends with such notable artists as Elmer Schooley. She attended the Emil Bisttram School for Transcendentalism in Taos, New Mexico after serving in the Women's Army Corps in World War II. She was the sister of W.J. Lippincott who headed Lord & Taylor in New York. She was also the sister of David McCord Lippincott who wrote the songs Daddy Was A Yale Man and Saving Ourselves For Yale.