Monday, December 5, 2011

Rita Corbin, Catholic Worker artist

Rita Corbin, whose art has illustrated The Catholic Worker newspaper since 1954, died on November 17th as the result of a car crash.  She was 81 years old.  Corbin was the last surviving member of what one Catholic Worker editor called the "Holy Trinity" of artists: Ade Bethune, Fritz Eichenberg, and Rita Corbin.  Together, their illustrations give the paper its visual impact, especially in its earlier years.

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