Catherine Walworth

Catherine Walworth is an art historian and arts writer. Her areas of interest include Modernism in its many forms, particularly avant-garde painting, design, fashion, and early film. She received her Ph.D. in 2013 from the Ohio State University and is currently developing a book on Russian Constructivism and post-revolutionary material culture. Currently based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she is a curatorial research assistant in the Decorative Arts and Design department at Carnegie Museum of Art, where she is at work on the exhibition Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk. Walworth has conducted studio visits and written art reviews for print and online publications since 2003.

Decorative Arts and Design

Print of a smiling 1950s-era housewife in front of the kitchen.

How Design in the 1950s Used Color to Influence Consumers

Catherine Walworth examines the role of midcentury industrial designers in influencing consumer behavior through the astute use of color.

By Catherine Walworth Mar 31, 2016

Decorative Arts and Design

A cartoon-ish drawing of construction people happily working on a project.

Designing the Tools for America’s ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Movement

Catherine Walworth discusses dropping the guns and picking up the power saws in America's postwar pastime.

By Catherine Walworth Feb 08, 2016

Decorative Arts and Design

Old illustration of a large, ornate department store.

How Kaufmann’s Blurred the Line Between Department Store and Cultural Institution

Catherine Walworth examines how Kaufmann's department store encouraged the "good life" through a rich and expansive interior life.

By Catherine Walworth Dec 23, 2015

Neighborhoods

Concrete Ideas and Paper Architecture: Artists Looking for Buildings in the Big City

In search of creative space, friends Joey Behrens and Haylee Ebersole explore Wilkinsburg as a potential home for their art practices.