Eleanor Grace Perreiah (September 8, 1936 – August 28, 2026) was an American artist from Lexington, Kentucky known for her serigraph prints depicting historic buildings in Kentucky, and other subjects.
Early life and education Perreiah was born in Los Angeles, California on September 8, 1936. She received a BA in art from Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, where she studied under Corita Kent. She attended graduate school at Indiana University Bloomington and studied at the International Arts Studio in Florence, Italy.Minton, David. "Gallery show full of works that give viewer pleasant lift", Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, volume 6, number 99, April 10, 1988, page H7. Later, she studied the history of architecture, historic preservation, and interior design at the University of Kentucky.
Career In 1967, Perreiah moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and became a founding member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen. Working with fine press printers in central Kentucky including Robert James Foose at Buttonwood Press, and Arthur Graham at Polyglot Press, she produced hand-printed serigraphs that illustrate limited-edition works such as her Eight Fables of Aesop (Buttonwood Press, 1969) and Elegant Homes of Lexington (Polyglot Press, 1982).
Perreiah was a member of the Lexington Art League from 1967 and exhibited her work in library, gallery, and museum venues across the region.
Among her notable commissions, Perreiah created several hundred serigraph prints for display in hospital rooms in Kentucky, developed in consultation with a psychologist to select colors and forms with therapeutic qualities.
Artistic style Perreiah's serigraphs were produced by hand, using a layered printing process on stretched silk with oil-based inks, which produced variation between individual impressions of the same print.
Death Perreiah died on August 28, 2026, at the age of 89.
Collections University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington, Kentucky, United States New York Public Library, New York, New York, United States Library of Congress, Washington, DC, United States
Works and publications
References
External links Grace Perreiah's artisan biography at the Kentucky Artisan Center Grace Perreiah's profile at Payne Fine Arts