Lucille Wallenrod, also known as Lucille Wallenrod-Dreyblatt,
(1918 – 1998) was an American artist. She was active in Long Island, New York from 1939 until the 1990s.
Early life and education
Lucille Wallenrod was born on October 4, 1920 in
Brooklyn
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New York
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and grew up in
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Long Island
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. Wallenrod was born with
cerebral palsy
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She studied at the W.P.A. Art Class (1939), Nassau Art League (1940), the
American Artists School
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(1942), and at the
Art Students League of New York
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(1943).
She had studied with painter Sol Wilson at Art Students League of New York.
Career
Because Wallenrod had cerebral palsy, and she painted with a special arm brace of her own design. She painted dramatic expressionist seascapes, with broad strokes and deep vivid colors, and still lifes and portraits as well. Wallenrod had her first solo exhibition at the Roko Gallery (1946) and then belonged for many years to the Charles Barzansky Gallery, both in New York City. She also participated in numerous group exhibitions in the late forties until the early nineteen sixties.
She won a number of competitions, most notably the first prize in the National Art Contest sponsored by the then President Eisenhower's Committee on the Handicapped in 1956. Judges for this competition were
Isabel Bishop and
Andrew Wyeth
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. Her work was often reviewed in New York and Long Island newspapers.
Death
Due to a long terminal illness, Lucille Wallenrod's output waned in her later years, yet her interest and sensitivity for the arts never faltered. She died in
Ridge
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New York
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in 1998. Her husband, Gerald Dreyblatt, died in Florida in 2008.
She is survived by her son,
Arnold Dreyblatt.
Gallery
Image:PreparingforSail.jpg, "Preparing for Sea", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:HillsideAvenue.jpg, "Hillside Avenue", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:At the Shore.jpg, "At the Shore", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:RagingSea.jpg, "Raging Sea", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:Portrait of An Old Man.jpg, "Portrait of An Old Man", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:StormySea.jpg, "Stormy Sea', by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:MontaukLight.jpg, "Montauk Light", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:The Red Barn.jpg, "The Red Barn", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:TurbulentWaters.jpg, "Turbulent Waters", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:ShipsAtBay.jpg, "Ships At Bay", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:Gayhead.jpg, "Gay Head", by Lucille Wallenrod, Oil
Image:Bread and Pitcher.jpg, "Bread and Pitcher", by Lucille Wallenrod, Pastel
Image:Roko1.jpg, Exhibition by Lucille Wallenrod, Roko Gallery, New York, 1946
Image:Barzansky1.jpg, Exhibition by Lucille Wallenrod, Barzansky Gallery, New York, 1957
Image:Barzansky2.jpg, Exhibition by Lucille Wallenrod, Barzansky Gallery, New York, 1960
Image:Wallenrod.jpg, Lucille Wallenrod at Exhibition, Barzansky Gallery, New York, 1960
References
* "The Monthly Supplement", 1952, International Who's Who, Inc.
* Vertical file on Lucille Wallenrod, Smithsonian Libraries Collections, Art and Artists Files
* Artist File, The Newark Museum Library Collection
Lucille Dreyblatt profileat ArtFact.com
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20th-century American painters
American women painters
Art Students League of New York alumni
Modern painters
1918 births
1998 deaths
20th-century American women artists
People from Freeport, New York