Carol Summers
Carol Summers: Weaver of Vibrant Landscapes
Carol Summers (December 26, 1925 – October 27, 2016) stands as a singular figure in American printmaking, renowned for his distinctive “Carol Summers technique” – a revolutionary approach to woodcut that yielded images of extraordinary luminosity and textural depth. Born in Kingston, New York, into an artistic family deeply rooted in the world of illustration and design, Summers’s early life
was saturated with creative influence. His father, Ivan Summers, a medical illustrator, instilled a meticulous eye for detail and composition, while his mother, Theresa Summers, a watercolorist, nurtured his appreciation for color and tonal variation. This dual inheritance profoundly shaped his artistic trajectory, laying the groundwork for his later innovations in printmaking.
Summers’s formal training began at Bard College in 1948,…
