Francine Felsenthal

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Francine Felsenthal (1922–2000) was an American artist. She also used the name Francine L. Fels.[1]

Francine Felsenthal
Born1922 (1922)
Chicago, Illinois
Died2000 (aged 77–78)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting, Printmaking

Biography edit

Felsenthal was born in 1922 in Chicago, Illinois.[2] She attended the Art Institute of Chicago.[1] She was a classmate and friend of the painter Joan Mitchell.[3] Felsenthal trained at the Atelier 17.[2]

Felsenthal was included in the 1947 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts exhibitions of the National Serigraph Society.[4] Her work was also exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago.[5] She was a member of the 10th Street cooperative March Gallery.[6]

Her work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art[7] and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[1]

Felsenthal died in 2000[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Francine Lorraine Felsenthal". Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Weyl, Christina (2019). The Women of Atelier 17: Modernist Printmaking in Midcentury New York. Yale University Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-300-23850-1.
  3. ^ Albers, Patricia (2011). Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-307-59598-0.
  4. ^ Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (1947). "National Serigraph Exhibition, January 15–February 15, 1947 [Checklist]". The Portal to Texas History. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Francine Felsenthal". askART. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. ^ Weyl, Christina (25 June 2019). Francine Felsenthal. Christina Weyl, New York. ISBN 9780578534336. Retrieved 14 January 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Francine Felsenthal". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

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