Jean Halpert–Ryden

Jean Halpert–Ryden (née Jeanette Muriel Halpert; 1919–2011) was an American visual artist, active in Northern California. She primarily worked in painting, printmaking, and drawing; and her work was shown internationally. to parents Mildred and Abraham Halpert.

She attended Brooklyn College, as well as private art study under stage designer Moi Solotaroff (Morris Moi Solotaroff). In her later life she attended the California College of Arts and Crafts (now the California College of the Arts) to study printmaking and lithography. They also built a second home on the Sonoma Mountain in Sonoma County, California. Jean and her husband Edward moved to Israel in 1985, where she continued to make and display her artwork.

Halpert–Ryden was a member of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco Women Artists, and the California Watercolor Society (now the National Watercolor Society); and she had exhibited work with these groups.

Exhibitions

Solo

1961, solo exhibition, Galerie Mirage, Montpellier, France 1962, "Paintings, drawings by Jean Halpert–Ryden", solo exhibition, Art Unlimited Gallery, 14 Tillman Place, San Francisco, U.S. 1964, "Paintings and collages by Jean Halpert–Ryden", solo exhibition, Harbor Gallery, 577-5th Street, Oakland, California, U.S. 1981, "Jean Halpert–Ryden Retrospective", solo exhibition, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art (now Monterey Museum of Art), 559 Pacific, Monterey, California, U.S. 1985, "Jean Halpert–Ryden Retrospective", solo exhibition, Madison Street Gallery, Petaluma, California, U.S. 1962, "Richmond Art Center Annual", group exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, U.S. 1968, "Small Works", group exhibition, The Artists Equity Association, Civic Center, Richmond, California, U.S.; featuring Halpert–Ryden, Edward Ryden, Jacob Arnautoff, Myrtle Auerbach, Lucille Austin, Priscilla Birge, Adele Chase, Ruth Chatfield, Gail Cole-Hough, James Coughlin, Eleanor Dickinson, Edna Drews, Charles Griffen Farr, Ethel Guttman, Jerry Jolley (or Jeri Jolley), Dorothy Sovinsky-Kaufman, Mark Luca, Helen Ludwig, Roxanne Marden, Otis Oldfield, Kenneth Potter, Liesel Rosenthal, Helen Salz, James Southard, Stefanie Steinberg, Catherine Fasques, Lynne Zelinsky, Ulrich Zuckerman, and Robert Holdeman 1971, "Four Artists", group exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, U.S.; featuring Halpert–Ryden, Olive Ayhens, John Gauld, and Gary Smith 1971, "Special Exhibit", group exhibition, Hilda Pertha's Old Post Office Gallery, 622 Main Street, Mendocino, California, U.S. 1986, group exhibition, Santa Rosa City Council Chambers, Santa Rosa, California, U.S.