Jewish women artists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Scope Note: Here are entered works on Jewish women as artists. Works on the representation of Jewish women in art are entered under Jewish women in art.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Greta Hilb Artwork
Collection
Identifier: B154
Abstract
Greta Hilb (1904-1998) was born in Stuttgart, Germany and became a local Denver Jewish female artist of note. She studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York and settled in Denver in 1934. In 1964, she also co-authored a cookbook titled For Goodness Sake with Denver author Leora Mattingly Weber, famous nationally for her Beany Malone juvenile series. The Hilbs were related to the Levy family of Denver, founders of the Fashion Bar clothing store chain. The collection consists of...
Dates:
1930-1990
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Greta Hilb Artwork
Grey and Byron Collection
Collection
Identifier: B458
Abstract
The Grey and Byron collection contains a variety of materials from the traveling Vaudeville pair, Dolly Grey and Bert Byron. Types of materials include clothing, accessories, jewelry, handgun, bullets, photographs, newspaper clippings, membership certificates, property documents, death certificates, scripts, poems, notes, short stories, sheet music, lyrics, general ledgers, pocket calendars, travel albums, and photo albums.
Individuals included in this collection include Dolly Grey, Bert...
Dates:
1885 - 1964
Irene Miller Stein Family Objects, Artwork, and Other Material
Collection
Identifier: B173
Abstract
Irene Miller (Mrs. Azriel) Stein was a professional artist well into her 90s. She was the daughter of Anna and Robert Lazar Miller, both pioneers of Denver's Jewish community. In 1921 she married Azriel Stein, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaina native and they had a son Stanley. Azriel Stein founded, owned, and operated Pencol Drug Store on the corner of Pennsylvania Street and Colfax Avenue in Denver. The collection contains papers, objects, scrapbooks that belonged to Robert Lazar Miller and...
Dates:
1885-2000
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
Lillian C. Goldberg Oil Paintings
Collection
Identifier: B193
Abstract
Collection contains four oil paintings painted by Lillian C. Goldberg from around 1960: 1) Still-Life of a vase of flowers;
Dates:
circa 1960
Marianne Pisko Hausmann Pen and Ink Drawing
Collection
Identifier: B198
Abstract
Marianne Pisko Hausmann (1880-1969) was born in Vienna, Austria and studied at the Academy of the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in Vienna. She moved to Denver in 1939 to join her daughter Margaret Grieg, an ophthamologist who had settled in Denver in 1938. Marianne was the niece of Denver Jewish pioneer Edward Pisko, who was elected a Colorado Territorial Representative in 1875. Her aunt by marriage, Seraphine Pisko, served as the executive director of National Jewish Hospital from...
Dates:
circa 1910-1918