Christine McGinnis Etching: Koala Print, Signed, Titled, Numbered 13x15, Mid-to-Late 20th Century

Christine McGinnis (1937–2019), who also appears as Christine McGinnis LaPelle, was a Philadelphia printmaker and painter.

•Description: Etching depicting a Koala.
•Markings & Inscriptions:Signed, titled, and numbered
•Date: Mid to late 20th century
•Maker: Christine McGinnis (American, 1937-2019)
•Dimensions: 15"x13"

Background
She was born and raised in Philadelphia and won a four-year scholarship to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Her husband was the artist and printmaker Rodger LaPelle, and the two were together for over 60 years, promoting new and upcoming artists in the Philadelphia community. The couple first emerged on the Philadelphia art scene by establishing a fine art printing studio. She is also described as co-owner of Rodger LaPelle Galleries.

Prints: She is best known for etchings and engravings, many of them animal subjects: owls, eagles, a bear, elephants, a panda, a dormouse. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts holds several, including Cooper’s Hawk, an engraving, drypoint and plate tone on paper.