{{short description|American printmaker and book artist}} {{Infobox artist | name = Ann Zahn | image = Photo of Ann Zahn.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | other_names = | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|6|7|mf=y}} | birth_place = Washington, D.C. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|30|1931|6|7|mf=y}} | death_place = Bethesda, Maryland | education = Duke University, American University | field = book artist, printmaker | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = | spouse = | partner = | website = }} '''Ann Zahn''' (1931–2020) was an American printmaker and book artist. She is known for her prints as well as her involvement in the printmaking movement in the Washington, D.C. area.
==Biography== Zahn was born on June 7, 1931<ref name="Teachers College">{{cite journal |last2= Edwards|first2= Geoffrey|last3= Yang|first3= Chen|title=Ann Zahn - ART CART Oral History |url=https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8NK3DRR |website=Teachers College Research Center for Arts and Culture |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=en |doi=10.7916/D8NK3DRR |date=2013|author1= Teachers College. Research Center for Arts and Culture}}</ref> in Washington, D.C.. She studied at Duke University and the American University.<ref name="The Washington Post"/> Zahn taught at the Glen Echo Art Center the early 1970s. She joined the Washington Women's Art Center (WWAC) in the mid-1970s.<ref name="Alper">{{cite book |title=Latitude: The Washington Women's Arts Center 1975-1987 |publisher=Alper Initiative for Washington Art, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center |url=https://auislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/auislandora%3A85324/datastream/PDF/view |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> Zahn was a founding member of the Washington Printmakers Gallery. She was also founding member of the Washington Area Printmakers, often contributing to their annual limited edition calendars.<ref name="DR Fine Arts">{{cite web |title=Original Print Calendar. 1988 (SIGNED 12 Limited Ed. Prints) by Washington Printmakers Gallery ( Betty MacDonald / Grace / Norman Striked/ Betty Ochs / Laura Huff / Ann Zahn / and More ) |url=https://www.abebooks.com/signed-first-edition/Original-Print-Calendar-1988-SIGNED-Limited/194016928/bd |website=DR Fine Arts |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Annex">{{cite web |title=Garden Journal XI, Sunflowers by Ann Zahn |url=https://www.annexgalleries.com/inventory/detail/18341/Ann-Zahn/Garden-Journal-XI-Sunflowers |website=Annex Galleries Fine Prints |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> In 2020 the Washington Printmakers Gallery held an exhibition entitled "Light, Flight and Paper Pulp Spanning Three Generations: Ann Zahn, Julie Zahn, and Sophie Schrader."<ref name="Washington Printmakers Gallery">{{cite web |title=Light, Flight and Paper Pulp – January 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonprintmakers.com/exhibits-list/light-flight-and-paper-pulp-january-2020 |website=Washington Printmakers Gallery |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> She died on December 30, 2020, in Bethesda, Maryland.<ref name="The Washington Post">{{cite web |title=ANN ZAHN Obituary (2021) |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/ann-zahn-obituary?id=6122132 |website=Washington, DC - The Washington Post |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref>
Zahn's work is in the National Museum of Women in the Arts,<ref name="Library & Research Center">{{cite web |title=Ann Zahn |url=https://nmwa.bibliovation.com/app/search/(Ann%20Zahn) |website=NMWA Library & Research Center |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>
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