Category:Austrian printmakers

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Helen K Siegl

   Printmaker, Illustrator,
   working in various mediums -
   woodcuts, lithographs & etchings, monotype. 

Helen Siegl studied art in her native Austria. In 1952, Siegl moved to Montreal, Canada, and shortly thereafter, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. She became an American citizen in 1959.

Siegl gained a wonderful reputation for both her prints and her book illustrations. Some of her well known works as Aesop's Fables (Random House), Birds and Beasts (World Publishing), Earrings for Celia (Pantheon), Indian Tales (Random House) and Mother Goose & Herbal (Janus Press).

Siegl is well known for her innovative techniques, often combining multiple mediums within the same work of art. Siegl's original woodcuts are now included in various permanent collections such as The Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art, The Free Library of Philadelphia, The New York Public Library and the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.