About Doris Meltzer
Lived 1908 – 1977 (aged 68–69). Doris Meltzer was an artist.
Doris Meltzer (1908–1977) was an American artist and art dealer.
She was born in 1908 in Ulster County, New York. Meltzer attended the Art Students League of New York.
Her older sister, Rachel Meltzer (1904-1994) was married to the American poet Kenneth Fearing (1902-1961).
Meltzer was a member of the American Federation of Arts She was also an art dealer and gallery owner. She was also included in the 1947 and the 1951 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts exhibitions of the National Serigraph Society.
Meltzer work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
She died on October 18, 1977, in New York City. Her papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Who was Doris Meltzer?
American artist (1908–1977)
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Doris Meltzer was born in 1908 in Ulster County.
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Doris Meltzer died on 18 October 1977 in Mount Sinai Morningside.
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Doris Meltzer was an artist.
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