Early 20th Century Emma Ehrenreich, American Woman Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Cubist Landscape

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Original period wormwood frame.
Emma Ehrenreich (b. 1906) was an American artist working mainly in New York City during the … Read more Original period wormwood frame.
Emma Ehrenreich (b. 1906) was an American artist working mainly in New York City during the 20th century. Her extensive correspondence with John Von Wicht is in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian institution along with her other papers and photographs.
Studied: City College New York; Long Island Univ.; Hunter College; NAD; Brooklyn Museum.; New School for Social Research; ASL; also with Abraham Rattner, Morris Davidson and Robert Motherwell.
Exhibited: Artists League Am., 1946; Brooklyn Mus. Invitational Int. Exhibs., 1953-61 (five exhibs.); Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York, 1953-63 (eight solos); Silvermine Guild for Artists, CT, 1958; Gallerie Vendome, Pittsburgh, PA, 1965; Beryl Mills, NYC, 1970s. Awards: medal of honor in casein, Brooklyn Soc. Artists, 1951; purchase award for oil painting, Riverside Mus., 1960; medal of honor for oil painting, Audubon Artists, 1962.

Member: College Art Assn. Am.; Audubon Artists; NAWA (chmn., oil jury, 1970-72); New York Soc. Women Artists (public relations, 1960-72); Am. Soc. Contemporary Artists (membership chmn., 1970-72).

Public Collections: Rose Art Mus., Brandeis Univ., Boston; Denver (CO) Mus. Art; Portland (OR) Mus.; Norfolk (VA) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Enrico Glicenstein Mus., Safed, Israel, Denver Art Museum, Dayton Institute of Art.
Comments: Preferred media: oils,casein, acrylics. Teaching: lectures on modern art. See less