Description: Beautiful c.1960's interior scene by American artist Theresa Ferber Bernstein (1890-2002). Oil on canvas measures 32 x 35.25 inches; 34 x 37.25 inches framed. Surface paint shrinkage evident. A relining may be required to flatten surface. Birth place: Phila., PADeath place: New York, NYAddresses: NYC; East Gloucester, MA, 1998Profession: Painter, writer, etcherStudied: Phila. Sch. Design (now Moore College) with Henry B. Snell, Eliot Daingerfield, Daniel Garber, Harriet Sartain, Sam Murray, 1907-11; ASL with W.M. ChaseExhibited: AIC, 1914-40; Greene Traveling Fellowship; Pan-Pac. Expo, San Fran., 1915; PAFA, 1916-38; NAD, 1916-46; Soc. Indep. Artists, 1918-44 (except for 1932); Milch Gal., NYC, 1919 (first solo); Corcoran Gal., 1921-41; Phila. Plastic Cl., 1925 (Shilliard Gold Medal); Sesqui-Centennial Intern. Expo, Phila., 1926; French Inst. Art & Letters (Jeanne d'Arc Medal);Dayton AI, 1930-38; WMAA, 1935-39; NAWA (jury awards, 1938-59); Am. Color Print Soc. (prize); Phila. Print Club (prize); GGE, 1939; CI; MMA; BMFA; BM; WMA, 1930-39; Am. Painters, MMA,1950; Smithsonian Inst.,1956; Grand Central Gal., NYC and Bar Harbor (ME) Gal., 1970s; North Shore AA, 1971 (Johnson award); NYC WPA Exh., Parsons Sch. Design, 1977; Stamford Mus. (Centennial Exh..) 1990; Mus. City of NY, 1990; J. Whalen FA, NYC, 1998 (70-year retrospective); Moore College of Art & Des., Phila., PA, 1998 (retrospective, "The Phila. Ten"); Salons of Am.Member: North Shore AA (charter mem.); Am. Color Print Soc.; SAE; Soc. Independent Artists; Gloucester SA; CAFA; Plastic Club; Ten Phila. Painters; NAWA ; Audubon Artists Am. (jury member, 1950-); SAGA; Allied Artists Am.; NY Soc. Women Artists (dir.,1928-).Work: AIC; LOC; PMG; BM; Princeton Univ.; Dayton AI; WMAA; MMA; Harvard Univ.; Phillips Art Gal., Wash., DC; Nat. Mus., Smithsonian Inst. Commissions: First Orchestra in Am., Treasury Dept. for Mannhein, PA, 1940; portrait of Prof. David Lyons, Harvard Univ. Biblical Mus. Faculty, 1954; portrait of Pro. Robert Pheiffer, Harvard Univ., 1956; portrait of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, 1959.Comments: A realist painter and expressive colorist known for her urban and shoreline scenes. In 1998, at age 108, she revealed that her secret to longevity was, "I don't count." Married to painter and etcher William Meyerowitz for 62 years. Teaching: dir., summer art course, Gloucester, MA, 1932-69. WPA artist. Publications: William Meyerowitz (1958); History of Jewish Artists (1958, Zukunft); History of Cape Ann Artists (Gloucester Times, 1970); History North Shore AA (1972); History New York Soc. of Women Artists (1972).Sources: WW73; WW47; J. B. Nelson, article, Int. Studio (1925); Dorothy Adlow, article, Christian Science Monitor (1929); E.A. Jenell, articles, New York Times, (1945); Menorah Journal (1948); Pisano, One Hundred Years...the National Association of Women Artists, 30; New York City WPA Art, 9 (w/repros.); Talbott and Sidney, The Philadelphia Ten.
Price: 7500 USD
Location: Hudson, New York
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Shipping Cost: 95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Painting Surface: Canvas
Features: Framed, Signed
Region of Origin: US
Width (Inches): 35.25
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Subject: interior, Portrait
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Material: Oil
Height (Inches): 32
Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
Date of Creation: 1950-1969
Year of Production: 1960
Style: Abstract
Color: Orange
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Type: Painting
