Jump to content

Minna Weiss Zellner

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minna Weiss Zellner
Born1889 (1889)
New Haven, CT
DiedDecember 17, 1982(1982-12-17) (aged 92–93)
New Haven, CT
EducationPratt Institute
Known forprintmaking, etching

Minna Weiss Zellner (17 December 1889 – 7 March 1982) was an American artist who primarily worked in printmaking.[1][2] She primarily lived in Philadelphia, and was most active as an artist in the 1930s.[3]

She married Carl Sina Zellner in 1918.[4][3]

She had an identical twin sister, Ray Weiss, who was also an artist. They were known as the Weiss sisters. They both attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated in 1911. They went on to study with Edouard Leon in Paris during the 1920s and 30s. The two sisters traveled around Europe where they made sketches that were then fully realized as prints. The sisters participated in many exhibitions in Paris and the U.S. and are known for their etchings.[5][3]

In 1923, she and her sister opened Camp Lacota for boys in Rangeley, Maine.[6][5]

Collections

[edit]

Zellner's work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum[1] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[7][8][9] Seven of her prints are held in the permanent collection of the British Museum.[10]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Minna Weiss Zellner". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Zellner, Minna Weiss". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00201368. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7.
  3. ^ a b c "Minna Weiss-Zellner Information". The British Museum. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ Who's Who in American Art, Volume 2. R.R. Bowker/University of California Press. 1938. p. 585.
  5. ^ a b "Ray Weiss". askART. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ Sargent, Porter (1923). Handbook of American Private Schools, Volume 8. P.E. Sargent/University of Michigan. p. 354. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Minna Weiss Zellner - Sure La Seine, Paris". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Minna Weiss Zellner - Les Arbres–Concarneau, Bretagne". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Minna Weiss Zellner - Le Croisic, Bretagne". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Minna Weiss-Zellner: 7 related objects". British Museum. Retrieved 11 January 2023.


Stub icon

This article about an artist from the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minna_Weiss_Zellner&oldid=1171901918"