17 Facts About Kathrin Cawein

Kathrin Cawein was an American printmaker known for her etchings.

Kathrin Cawein's style was realist and her subjects were mainly landscapes and interiors.

Between 1927 and 1932 Cawein was a student at the Art Students League of New York where the prominent etchers, Joseph Pennell and Harry Wickey were instructors.

Kathrin Cawein's first year out of school was an unusually busy one.

Kathrin Cawein continued to show during the remainder of career, but notices of exhibitions were much less common in those years.

Kathrin Cawein's 1934 etching "South Window" appeared in a juried show called the International Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, held at the Art Institute of Chicago in conjunction with the Chicago World's Fair.

In 1947 an etching of Kathrin Cawein's won an award at the 55th Annual Exhibition of the National Association of Women Artists.

Kathrin Cawein seems not to have sold her prints through commercial dealers, instead taking advantage of shows held by non-profit organizations where works on display were offered for sale.

Kathrin Cawein's memberships included the Society of American Etchers, National Association of Woman Artists, Chicago Society of Etchers, Philadelphia Society of Etchers, Society of Graphic Artists, and Art Students League.

Kathrin Cawein's subjects were mainly landscapes and interiors, only occasionally including figures.

Kathrin Cawein's father was Henry Kathrin Cawein, born May 1857 in Pfalz, Bavaria.

Kathrin Cawein's mother was Barbara Franz Cawein, born July 1857 in the same place.

Henry Kathrin Cawein died soon after the couple emigrated to New York City in about 1879.

In 1930, then studying at the Art Students League, Kathrin Cawein lived with her mother in a house by the train station near the center of the village of Pleasantville.

At about this time, Cawein became the protege of a wealthy Pleasantville couple, Seabury C Mastick and his wife Agnes Warner Mastick and in 1932 the Masticks hosted a reception for her and another Pleasantville artist to open an exhibition of their work that was held in the parish house of a local church.

In 1946 Kathrin Cawein moved again, this time to a studio and residence on Mountain Road in Pleasantville.

Kathrin Cawein's donations included a contribution to the endowment fund from the sale of the Mastick home in Pleasantville, the establishment of a scholarship fund, and both ownership of her etching plates and the receipts from sale of prints made from them.