| Carol Summers | |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Kingston, New York, US |
| Death Place: | Santa Cruz, California, US |
| Alma Mater: | Bard College |
| Known For: | Printmaker |
Carol Summers (December 26, 1925 – October 27, 2016) was an American printmaker, known for creating works by woodcut process.
Carol Summers was born in 1925 in Kingston, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College in 1951, studying with Stefan Hirsch and Louis Schanker.
Summers created his prints through a process he developed in the 1950s that became known in as the "Carol Summers technique": soaking large blocks of wood in ink, he placed them in patterns on one side of a piece of paper in order to, as one reviewer described his work, "give beautiful, blurry, shapes to the other side. The results are simple, decorative and uniquely vibrant."[1]
Summers's work is part of the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City[2] and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.[3]
In addition to his art, Summers had a career as a teacher, serving as an instructor at Hunter College, the Brooklyn Museum School, Pratt Graphics Center, and Columbia University.[4]
He was a resident of Santa Cruz, California, where he died on October 27, 2016, at the age of 90.[5]