Florence Ballin Cramer

Florence Ballin Cramer
Florence Ballin Cramer
Florence Ballin Cramer, Self Portrait, about 1930, oil on board, 19 x 15.5 inches
Born
Florence Julia Ballin

(1883-12-13)December 13, 1883
Brooklyn, New York
DiedJuly 15, 1962(1962-07-15) (aged 78)
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityU. S. citizen
Known forArtist

Florence Ballin Cramer (1877–1971) was an American modernist artist known for her landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and nudes, each tending to have what one close observer called "a clearly expressed a mood or attitude as well as presenting an easily recognizable subject".[1] Describing a retrospective exhibition in 1957, a curator said her paintings were "characterized by a pervasive impressionism which ranges from color-wrought realism to gentle abstraction."[2] Augmenting her career as professional artist, Cramer established and directed an art gallery on 57th Street in Manhattan that was devoted to showing works by young artists and for many years she ran a shop in Woodstock, New York that sold antiques and books. During the early part of her adult life, she divided her time between Manhattan and Woodstock and later lived year-round in Woodstock. After her death, a friend, author Frank Leon Smith, said she had found in Woodstock "just the right place and at precisely the right time for her gifts and talents."[3]

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