Frances Kornbluth
Born(1920-07-26)July 26, 1920
DiedMay 26, 2014(2014-05-26) (aged 93)
Dayville, CT
NationalityAmerican
EducationReuben Tam
William Kienbusch
Robert Richenburg
Alma materBrooklyn College
Brooklyn Museum Art School
Pratt Institute
Known forPainter
MovementAbstract Expressionism
Websitehttps://www.franceskornbluth.com

Frances Kornbluth (July 26, 1920 – May 26, 2014) was an American abstract expressionist painter who spent 57 summers painting on Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine.

Biography

Frances Kornbluth was born in New York City on July 26, 1920.[1] Originally intent on becoming a composer, Kornbluth graduated from Brooklyn College in 1940 with a degree in music; however, in the 1950s she focused her creative energies on painting. Kornbluth studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School from 1955 to 1959, where she first met Reuben Tam, and went on to receive a master's degree from the Pratt Institute in 1962. It was Tam who first introduced Kornbluth to Monhegan Island and helped define her as an artist.[2] Kornbluth died on May 26, 2014, at the age of 93.[3]

Works

The natural environment was the primary source of Kornbluth's inspiration, particularly that of Monhegan Island where she summered and painted from 1959 to 2013.[4] Kornbluth painted at her studio in Lobster Cove on Monhegan and at her studio in Northeastern Connecticut. She worked in oil, pastel, acrylic, watercolor, ink and mixed media collage.

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References

  1. Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor). Who Was Who in American Art,1564-1975. Madison: Sound View Press, 1999. p. 3724.
  2. McArdle, Maire. Frances Kornbluth: Explorations (2011).
  3. "Frances Kornbluth's Obituary by New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  4. Harris, Patricia and David Lyon. "Painting on Maine's Monhegan Island." The Boston Globe August 27, 2006.
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