Esther Gentle

Esther Gentle (1899 – 1991) was a New York City sculptor, painter, printmaker, and gallery manager. Gentle ran an art reproductions business, Esther Gentle Reproductions,

Gentle was the first American woman sculptor given a one-person show at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris.

Personal life She married Abraham Rattner in 1949. She was the mother of Dr. Allen Leepa. In 1921, prior to her Rattner marriage, she gave birth to twins Herbert (1921-2008) and Bernard Zipkin (1921-2016), by Harry Zipkin, a Brooklyn painter.

Exhibitions

1963 Salon des Indépendants 1988 Ageless Perceptions, SOHO20