I came across this work by Adnrea Büettner via Aesthetica Magazine. I was immediately engrossed by it. The graphic woodcut style, not to mention religious subject matter, echoes classic Catholic Iconography. Adrea recently won the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. “The Prize celebrates the diversity that female artists bring to contemporary art, with regards…
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Ade Bethune Iconography
Ade Bethune was a designer, illustrator, painter, writer, community activist and faithful follower of Jesus. She is most famous for her work with the Catholic Worker movement. In the early 1930’s, Ms. Bethune became a disciple of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, founders of the Catholic Worker Movement. Her designs were often published in The…