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Russo, Jane O. (Jane Oppenheim), 1946-

 Person

Biography

Jane Russo is the great-granddaughter of Charles and Jenny Charsky Spivak. Jane Russo was born in Denver in 1946 to Nelson and Ruth Strauss Oppenheim in 1946. Ruth Strauss was the daughter of Herman and Deena Spivak Strauss and Deena was the daughter Dr. Charles and Jenny Charsky Spivak. Charles Spivak was a medical doctor and the long-time secretary of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. Jane Russo became interested in art when she regularly visited her uncles Dave and Dan Spivak at the Spivak Art Store in Cherry Creek. She graduated from the University of Colorado and received a Phd in environmental design from Irkutsk State University in Russia. Jane Oppenheim Russo created and donated two printed copies of her watercolor paintings and a sculpture.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Art

 Series
Identifier: B447.01
Abstract

Jane Oppenheim Russo created and donated a sculpture and two printed copies of two of her watercolor paintings. The sculpture is a figure sculpture of a woman and comes with a base and a card.

Dates: 1925-1990

Box 1, circa 1985

 File — Box B447.01.0001: Series B447.01; Series B447.02 [Barcode: U186023303451]
Identifier: B447.01.0001
Abstract

Jane Oppenheim Russo created and donated a sculpture and two printed copies of two of her watercolor paintings. The sculpture is a figure sculpture of a woman and comes with a base and a card.

Dates: circa 1985

Box 1, 1925-1945

 File — Box B447.01.0001: Series B447.01; Series B447.02 [Barcode: U186023303451]
Identifier: B447.02.0001
Abstract

The box contains a Menorah and the Spanish novel "La Hermana San Sulpicio" that belonged to Jane's grandmother Ruth Strauss Oppenheim.

Dates: 1925-1945

Jane O. Russo Papers and Art

 Collection
Identifier: B447
Abstract Jane Russo is the great-granddaughter of Charles and Jenny Charsky Spivak. Jane Russo was born in Denver in 1946 to Nelson and Ruth Strauss Oppenheim in 1946. Ruth Strauss was the daughter of Herman and Deena Spivak Strauss and Deena was the daughter Dr. Charles and Jenny Charsky Spivak. Charles Spivak was a medical doctor and the long-time secretary of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. Jane Oppenheim Russo created and donated a sculpture and two printed copies of her watercolor...
Dates: 1925-1990

Jane O. Russo Papers and Art, B447, Accession

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022.060