Curl pattern, mid-late 18th century reproduction

Curl pattern, mid-late 18th century reproduction

Gretchen Dixon (b. 1954)

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Proprietary watercolor paint on Hahnemühle Gutenberg paper

Gretchen Dixon, active 2002–17, a biologist, apprenticed with her husband and traditional marbler, Garrett Dixon. By 2004 she was marbling Dutch, Dutch Curl, Placard, and Persille patterns as well as contemporary designs. Over the years, the Dixons replicated most of the European patterns and variants known from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Gretchen and Garrett Dixon