Esther Gentle (1899 – 1991) was a

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sculptor, painter, printmaker, and gallery manager. Gentle ran an art reproductions business, ''Esther Gentle Reproductions'', and a New York City art gallery. Her work is part of the

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's permanent collection. Gentle was the first American woman sculptor given a one-person show at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris. Esther Gentle and Abraham Rattner's papers were donated to the

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Personal life

She married

Abraham Rattner Abraham Rattner (July 8, 1895 – February 14, 1978) was an American artist, best known for his richly colored paintings, often with religious subject matter. During World War I, he served in France with the U.S. Army as a camouflage artist. Ear ...

in 1949. She was the mother of Dr. Allen Leepa. In 1921, prior to her Rattner marriage, she gave birth to twins Herbert (1921-2008) and Bernard Zipkin (1921-2016), by Harry Zipkin, a Brooklyn painter.

Exhibitions

* 1963 Salon des Indépendants *1988 Ageless Perceptions, SOHO20

References

1899 births 1991 deaths American women sculptors Painters from New York City American printmakers American women painters American women printmakers 20th-century American women artists Sculptors from New York (state) {{US-painter-stub