Background
Lanyon was born in Chicago to Howard and Ellen Lanyon. She attended Hyde Park High School and during this time held a part-time job as an artist in the foundry where her father worked, drawing machine parts.
Lanyon was born in Chicago to Howard and Ellen Lanyon. She attended Hyde Park High School and during this time held a part-time job as an artist in the foundry where her father worked, drawing machine parts.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Institute Chicago, 1948. Master of Fine Arts, University Iowa, Iowa City, 1950. Fulbright fellow, Courtauld Institute, University London, 1951.
Doctor (honorary), Lincoln College, Illinois, 2000. Doctor (honorary), Art Institute Chicago, 2007. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), School Art Institute Chgo, 2008.
Teacher junior school, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1952-1954;
past teacher day school, teacher, Rockford College, summer 1953;
past teacher day school, teacher, Oxbow Summer School Painting, Saugatuck, Michigan, 1961-1962, 67-70, 71-72, 78, 88, 94;
past teacher day school, teacher, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1970;
past teacher day school, teacher, University of Wisconsin Extension, 1971-1972;
past teacher day school, teacher, Pennsylvania State University, 1974;
past teacher day school, teacher, University of California, 1974;
past teacher day school, teacher, Sacramento State University, 1974;
past teacher day school, teacher, Stanford University, 1974;
past teacher day school, teacher, Boston University, 1975;
past teacher day school, teacher, Kansas State University, 1976;
past teacher day school, teacher, U. Missouri, 1976;
past teacher day school, teacher, U. Houston, 1977;
associate professor, Cooper Union, New York City, 1980-1993;
retired, 1993. Founder, secretary-treasurer Chicago Graphic Workshop, 1952-1955. Participant Yaddo, 1973, 75, 76, Ossobow Island Project, 1976.
Adjunct visiting professor Southern Illinois U., 1978, Northern Illinois U., 1978, State University of New York, Purchase, 1978, Cooper Union, New York City, 1978-1979, Parsons School Design, New York City, 1979. Distinguished visiting professor U. South Dakot, 1980, University of California Davis, 1980, School Visual Arts, New York City, 1980-1983. Visiting artist U. New Mexico, 1981, Southern Illinois U., 1984, School The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1985, U. Tennessee, Maryland.
Institute, Northwestern Graduate School, 1988, U.Pa., U. Iowa, 1991, 92. Instructor workshops Anderson Ranch Workshop, Snow Mass, Colorado, 1994, 96, Aspen Design Conference, 1994. Visiting professor U. Iowa, 1991-1992.
Board directors Oxbow Summer School Painting, 1972-1982, emeritus, since 1982, instructor, 1960, 72-82, 88, 94. Visiting artist, instructor workshops Vt.Studio School, 1997, U. Costa Rica, San Pedro and San Ramon, 1995. Instructor Interlaken School of Art, 1996.
Member National Academy (member council 2002-2010, chair exhibition committee 2004-2005, elected treasurer 2005), National Academy Design (Gladys E. Cook prize 2009), College Art Association (board directors, executive committee 1977-1980), Century Association (elected), Delta Phi Delta.
Married Roland Ginzel, September 4, 1948. Children: Andrew, Lisa.