Janet Ann Doub Erickson (June 29, 1924 – September 3, 2021) was an American graphic artist and writer who popularized linoleum-block and woodblock printing in the post-World War II period.

In the preface to her influential book, Block Printing on Textiles, the publisher of a leading arts education magazine noted that, "more than anyone else in America today, Janet Doub Erickson has lifted a craft that had become dull, dead, and dated to a position where we can see its challenging possibilities in the creative renaissance we are now experiencing.” [2] Janet Doub Erickson was founding partner, chief designer, and head of production of the Blockhouse of Boston, where she was credited with producing ninety percent of the organization’s designs.

Blockhouse was noted for bold modernism as well as  original use of New England themes and motifs intermingled with designs at times inspired by indigenous and ethnic arts from around the world.

[5] From its founding in 1947 to its dissolution in 1955, the work of Blockhouse was featured in Life,[6] Vogue,[7] The New Yorker,[8] The New York Times,[9] Harper's Bazaar,[10] The Christian Science Monitor,[3] Women's Wear Daily,[11] The Boston Globe,[12] and numerous other regional publications.

In 1952 a journalist described her style in a profile of her for the Christian Science Monitor: “She goes to New Guinea for her motif, 'Checkerboard,' to China for her ‘Quan-Yin’ design, to Guatemala for ‘Mayan Stele,’ and to a Northwest Indian reservation for ‘Totemotif.’"[3] Her prints, drawings, and paintings have been purchased for the permanent collections of the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Saudi Arabian Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu.