Lanyon, painter and printmaker, completed a Master of Fine Arts degree under the influence of Mauricio Lasansky in 1950. After she completed her MFA, Lanyon did not print again until she began working with Landfall Press and later Anchor Press. She worked as Lasansky’s secretary for Iowa Print Group. Lanyon is also a product of Chicago, both its art resources and intellectual and textural foundations. In 1947 the win by her painting Elevated Nite caused protest. This inspired Exhibition Momentum in 1948 formulated with her friends Leon Golub and Nancy Spero. Her efforts helped the developing arts scene in Chicago at this time drawing major attention from New York critics, curators and artists. Her Fulbright was in 1950 at the Courtauld.
