Corita Kent

Graphic Designer, Visual Artist

1918 – 1986

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Who was Corita Kent?

Corita Kent, aka Sister Mary Corita Kent, was born Frances Elizabeth Kent in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Kent was an artist and an educator who worked in Los Angeles and Boston. She worked almost exclusively with silkscreen and serigraphy, helping to establish it as a fine art medium. Her artwork, with its messages of love and peace, was particularly popular during the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s. Kent designed the 1985 United States Postal Service annual "love" stamp.

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Born
Nov 20, 1918
Fort Dodge
Also known as
  • Corita
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Southern California
  • Immaculate Heart College
Lived in
  • Fort Dodge
Died
Sep 18, 1986

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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