Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff

Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff

Nordhoff in 1884
Born 1865
Died November 2, 1898 (aged 34)
New York
Residence New York
Nationality American

Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff (b. ca. 1865 – d. November 2, 1898) was a bookbinder and printmaker.

Biography

Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff,[1] studied design with May Morris, the daughter of William Morris, and bookbinding with T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at the Doves Press bindery in London as well as Léon Gruel of the Rue Royale St. Honoré in Paris. She studied at the Doves Press circa 1895 onwards and came back to America to teach others the art.[2] Her New York City studio, the Elephant Bindery, was located at 39 Washington Square West, where she gave lectures on bookbinding and exhibited her own work. The work of this studio was continued by her students after her death, and is to be distinguished from the eventually renamed Evelyn Nordhoff Bindery at another location.[3][4] Her New-York Times obituary quotes her as stating "I want it distinctly understood that I am not a new woman. I belong to the old-fashioned class. Only I believe that if a woman wants to do a thing, she should be allowed the liberty of doing it.”[5]

Notable works

Evelyn Nordhoff was the only woman bookbinder included in a Grolier Club exhibition on American bookbindings that ran from April 10–24, 1897; eight of her bookbindings were exhibited.[6] As a writer, she wrote a vivid description about the life and work habits at the Doves Press and Bindery for The Chap-book.[7] Some works on paper by Nordhoff are held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[1]

Students

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff". CLARA database of women artists. National Museum of Women and the Arts Library and Research Center. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ Reynolds, Minnie J. (March 9, 1902). "Hand Bookbinding Among Women". The New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ The Chautauquan. Chautauqua Press. 1900. pp. 144–. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Current Literature. Current Literature Publishing Company. 1899. pp. 384–. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Death of Miss Nordhoff". The New York Times (12 November): RBA758. 1898.
  6. ↑ "An Exhibit of Bindings". American Printer and Lithographer 24: 111–112. 1897.
  7. ↑ Nordhoff, Evelyn Hunter; Fred Richardson; Frank Hazenplug (March 1, 1896). "The Doves Bindery". The Chap-book 4 (8): 353–370. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "The Prat Sisters: Free Spirits of the 1890s". Nova Scotia Archives; Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage. Retrieved March 30, 2013.