About Edna Reindel

  • Biography

    Edna Reindel, painter, sculptor, teacher and muralist was born in Detroit, MI, in 1900 and studied at the Pratt Institute, NY. Upon Graduation in 1923 she did book illustration and free-lance commercial artwork for five years. After studying on a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship and hanging her first solo show in New York in 1934 she painted a mural for the Stamford, Conn., Housing Project and then worked on a Treasury Department mural for the post office of Swainsboro, Georgia. These commissions brought other mural work and soon she was known for her bold deliniated style of painting that became her signiature style.

    Her paintings are owned by many important museums and in addition to winning the Tiffany Foundation Fellowship award, 1...

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