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Emmy Lou Packard, aka Betty Lou Packard (American, 1914–1998), Peace is a Human Right, 1949, linocut. Courtesy of Ian Thompson and Muna Coobtee, and Richmond Art Center.

📷 Frida Kahlo and Emmy Lou Packard. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

📷 Diego Rivera & Emmy Lou Packard painting for the Golden Gate International Exposition, on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, 1938-40, Photograph Gelatin silver print, vintage. Courtesy of Throckmorton Gallery and Richmond Art Center

"Emmy Lou Packard was a 20th-century painter, printmaker, and activist whose work grappled with themes of inequality and social justice. She is perhaps best known for being chief assistant to the great muralist Diego Rivera and long-time confidant of Frida Kahlo."

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Emmy Lou Packard (1914 - 1998)

Emmy Lou Packard also known as Betty Lou Packard (1914–1998) was a Californian post-war artist known for painting, printmaking and murals.via Wikipedia

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Emmy Lou Packard also known as Betty Lou Packard (1914–1998) was a Californian post-war artist known for painting, printmaking and murals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Lou_Packard

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Frida Kahlo photographed by Emmy Lou Packard, c. 1941, 14" x 11"

Emmy Lou Packard also known as Betty Lou Packard (15 Apri 1914– 22 Feb 1998) was a Californian post-war artist known for painting, printmaking and murals.

In 1927, the Packard family traveled to Mexico. Emmy then 13 years, was already painting and drawing. Her mother introduced her to artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, marking the beginning of a long friendship and mentorship.

In 1936 Packard graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with her bachelor's degree and later studied sculpture, mural and fresco painting at the San Francisco Art Institute.

After 1939 she moved to Mexico to live with Rivera and Kahlo, working as their studio. assistant.

When Rivera came to San Francisco in 1940 for the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE), he asked Packard to be the chief assistant for painting the Pan American Unity mural.

Between 1944 and 1945, she briefly worked as an illustrator of a labor newspaper for the San Francisco Bay Area shipyards. read more on Wikipedia

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The TREASURES I find during the research Art by Women - Women in Arts: Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) letter to Emmy Lou Packard (1914 – 1998)

Lange tells Packard how much she likes Packard's prints which are hanging in her living room, and insists that Packard need not pay for some photographs of hers.Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Lange’s photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression. Wikipedia

Emmy Lou Packard also known as Betty Lou Packard (1914–1998) was a Californian post-war artist known for painting, printmaking and murals. Privately very close friend of Frida Kahlo. via Wikipedia

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Frida Kahlo photographed by Emmy Lou Packard, c. 1941, 14" x 11"

Emmy Lou Packard also known as Betty Lou Packard (15 Apri 1914– 22 Feb 1998) was a Californian post-war artist known for painting, printmaking and murals.

In 1927, the Packard family traveled to Mexico. Emmy then 13 years, was already painting and drawing. Her mother introduced her to artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, marking the beginning of a long friendship and mentorship.

In 1936 Packard graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with her bachelor's degree and later studied sculpture, mural and fresco painting at the San Francisco Art Institute.

After 1939 she moved to Mexico to live with Rivera and Kahlo, working as their studio. assistant.

When Rivera came to San Francisco in 1940 for the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE), he asked Packard to be the chief assistant for painting the Pan American Unity mural.

Between 1944 and 1945, she briefly worked as an illustrator of a labor newspaper for the San Francisco Bay Area shipyards. read more on Wikipedia