GURR, LENA.
Variant namesLena Gurr (1897-1992) was a painter and printmaker from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Attended the Maxwell Training School for Teachers, 1915-1917, the Educational Alliance Art School, 1919, and studied under John Sloan and Maurice Sterne at the Art Students League, 1920-1922. Gurr also studied in Paris, Nice, and Mentone, France. Her first solo exhibition was in 1932 at the Brooklyn Museum. She married painter and photographer Joseph Biel (1891-1943) on November 24, 1931. Biel was born in Russia and studied in the Russian Academy in Paris, and at the Workman's College, Melbourne, Australia. He also established the first Jewish library in Melbourne. Upon his arrival in the United States, he studied under George Grosz at the Art Students League.
From the description of Lena Gurr papers, 1908-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80945280
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Elisabeth D. Model papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Gurr, Lena, 1897-1992. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
| creatorOf | GURR, LENA. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) | |
| referencedIn | Chaim Gross papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Gurr, Lena, 1897-1992. Lena Gurr : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. | Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection | |
| creatorOf | Mary Mintz Koffler papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Lena Gurr papers | Archives of American Art |
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| Painting, American |
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Person
Birth 1897
Death 1997
Female
Americans
