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Drawing, Technical

Object number2023.182.2

Artist Irene Pasinski Sailer (1923 - 2002)

MediumPaper; Paint; Colored pencil; Graphite

Credit LineGift of William Kolano

DescriptionMixed media design drawing on square off-white paper. Drawn/painted at center of paper is of the Linework pattern, a modern floral design comprised of twelve-pointed green star with the double points interspersed with six blue flowers with black anthers. Graphite circle drawn around the design roughly the size of a ten-inch plate. Reverse is undecorated.DimensionsLength x Width x Depth: 12 x 12 x 0.016 in. (30.5 x 30.5 x 0 cm)
Historical NotesDesign drawing for plate with flowers in Linework pattern. Part of a collection related to the career of Irene Pasinski Sailer. Irene Pasinski Sailer was an artist, the founder of Irene Pasinski Associates, and a founder of the Carnival of Three Rivers which later became the Three Rivers Regatta. She was born on October 14, 1923, to Anthony and Mary Waichler. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1945 from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, she attended Ecole du Louvre, and Institut d'Art Applique a l'Industrie in Paris, France on a Fulbright Fellowship. Pasinski returned to Pittsburgh and founded Irene Pasinski Associates, a product design firm, in 1956 where she remained the director until 1995. Her firm designed products for Lenox China and The Franklin Mint, among others, and designed signage for the Pittsburgh International Airport. While building her business, Pasinski concentrated on her career as an artist exhibiting in Pittsburgh and New York and serving as a board member and as a president of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. She began in the 1940s by creating abstract impressionistic paintings. Later, she worked in mixed media sculptural and relief forms. Pasinski's influence in Pittsburgh went beyond the art world. She initiated the Carnival of Three Rivers in 1976 which became the Three Rivers Regatta, an annual event since 1977. Pasinski also served on the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts where she was also president. Pasinski died on June 19, 2002 in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. She was preceded in death by two husbands; Edmund Pasinski and Paul G. Sailer.

Related institution Irene Pasinski Associates

Related institution Carnegie Mellon University

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