Name/Title
PS3537.A694S6Entry/Object ID
2025.901.1Tags
Local AuthorDescription
Stone on Water; a novel by Evelyn KainContext
Evelyn Kain taught art history at Ripon College from the 1980s to early 2000s. She wrote this novel shortly before her death in 2023.
Obit:
Evelyn May Kain, 76, passed away at home in Madison on Friday, December 30, 2022. Born February 25, 1946 in Jersey City, NJ, daughter of Walter Jacob Carroll and Margere Evelyn Trautman.
Evelyn was the loving wife, partner, and dearest friend for 55 years of Eugene Jacob Kain. Surviving are their sons Jacob, wife Lora Kim, and Nicolas, wife Madeline Diemer, grandchildren Skaya and Echo, and Frances and siblings Walter Carroll and Linda Oliver.
She earned her BA at Barnard College, receiving her PhD from the University of Vienna, Austria, specializing in medieval art. She was distinguished Professor of Art History at Ripon College, WI. Author of several scholarly books, academic research papers, a novel, a two-act play, and was translator of academic books from German to English.
After retirement she dedicated herself to creating art in several media: painting, drawing and fabric arts. She was an active member of the Memory Cloth Circle, the Madison Raging Grannies, and Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society of Madison and Unitarian Universalist Church of the Desert, Rancho Mirage, CA.Acquisition
Accession
2025.901Source or Donor
Kain, EugeneBook Details
Author
Kain, EvelynPublisher
Indigo Desert Press, Madison WIPlace Published
Location
Madison, WisconsinDate Published
2024Binding
Binding Type
Paperback BookCall No.
PS3537.A694S6ISBN
979-8-218-46046-4LCCN
2024912789Condition
Overall Condition
Excellent
