Belle Goldschlager Baranceanu (July 17, 1902January 17, 1988) was an American painter, teacher, muralist, lithographer, engraver and illustrator. She was born Belle Goldschlager in

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(Baranceanu was her mother's maiden name). Her parents, both Romanian Jewish immigrants, separated during Belle's early childhood, and she grew up on her maternal grandparents' farm in

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Biography

She studied at the

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under Anthony Angarola, to whom she was engaged until his death in 1929. Active in Chicago during the 1920s as a teacher and exhibitor, she worked in

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in 1927–1928. She moved to

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in 1933. She painted an oil-on canvas-mural in the

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post office (''Scenic View of the Village'') in 1936 for the

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. As a muralist for the Works Progress Administration curriculum project, she painted murals for Roosevelt Junior High School (''Building Padre Dam'' and ''Potola's Departure'') in 1937–38. Between 1939 and 1940 she completed a WPA mural titled ''The Seven Arts'' in the La Jolla High School Auditorium. Baranceanu was a member of the

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. She exhibited her work at the

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, Carnegie Institute,

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, and others. Baranceanu taught at the La Jolla School of Arts & Crafts and Frances Parker School. She died in La Jolla on January 17, 1988.

References

External links

Belle Baranceanu Biography

Belle Goldschlager Baranceanu
''Journal of San Diego History'' 32:3 (Summer 1986)
Belle Baranceanu (1902-1988)

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