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1900 Norfolk, Virginia - 1994. Known for: Portrait and landscape painting.
A portrait and landscape painter, Bena Mayer, also known as Bena Frank, was active in New York City as an artist and participant in numerous art-related organizations as well as prestigious... Read full biography
A portrait and landscape painter, Bena Mayer, also known as Bena Frank, was active in New York City as an artist and participant in numerous art-related organizations as well as prestigious exhibition venues. Her husband was Ralph Mayer, who wrote A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques and The... Read full biography
A portrait and landscape painter, Bena Mayer, also known as Bena Frank, was active in New York City as an artist and participant in numerous art-related organizations as well as prestigious exhibition venues. Her husband was Ralph Mayer, who wrote A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques and The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques. She was a student at Cooper Union, Hunter College and the Art Students League, and among her teachers were Kenneth Hayes Miller, Gifford Beal, Cecilia... Read full biography
A portrait and landscape painter, Bena Mayer, also known as Bena Frank, was active in New York City as an artist and participant in numerous art-related organizations as well as prestigious exhibition venues. Her husband was Ralph Mayer, who wrote A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques and The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques. She was a student at Cooper Union, Hunter College and the Art Students League, and among her teachers were Kenneth Hayes Miller, Gifford Beal, Cecilia Beaux, George Luks and Stuart Davis. Her memberships included the Art Students League, the Brooklyn Society of Artists, National Association of Women Artists and the New York Society of Women Artists, which she served as President in 1952-1953 and as... Read full biography
A portrait and landscape painter, Bena Mayer, also known as Bena Frank, was active in New York City as an artist and participant in numerous art-related organizations as well as prestigious exhibition venues. Her husband was Ralph Mayer, who wrote A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques and The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques. She was a student at Cooper Union, Hunter College and the Art Students League, and among her teachers were Kenneth Hayes Miller, Gifford Beal, Cecilia Beaux, George Luks and Stuart Davis. Her memberships included the Art Students League, the Brooklyn Society of Artists, National Association of Women Artists and the New York Society of Women Artists, which she served as President in 1952-1953 and as Director. She exhibited with the Southern States League, Carnegie Institute, Salo... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •New York City
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
Art Association
- •Art Students League, New York
- •Brooklyn Society of Artists
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
- •New Haven Paint & Clay Club
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •George Luks
- •Gifford Beal
- •Kenneth Hayes Miller
- •Stuart Davis
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Southern States Art League Annual
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
- •Paint and Clay Club-
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
- •Woodstock NY Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art