Michael J. Gallagher

Michael J. Gallagher
Michael J. Gallagher

Michael J. Gallagher

American printmaker, 1898–1965
BiographyNoted for scenes of city life and the Pennsylvania coal mining region, Michael J. Gallagher was director of the Philadelphia Works Progress Administration’s Printmaking Workshop. There, with Dox Thrash and Hugh Mesibov, he was instrumental in the development of a new intaglio process, the carborundum print. (Susan Teller Gallery)
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