Margaret Ponce Israel
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Margaret Ponce Israel was a painter and ceramist who lived and worked in New York City. She was married to New York artist Marvin Israel
. She was born in 1929 in Havana
, Cuba
and died in 1987 (she was 57 years old) in Manhattan. She was hit by a tractor-trailer while riding her bike on West 23rd Street. Her studio/home was a three story building in Manhattan that was once a horse stable. A prolific ceramist, her Manhattan studio was overflowing with artwork. There she also housed a bantam rooster, guinea hens, doves, a rabbit, dogs, and a cat. Her works depict many of these animals, and an exhibit of her work, "A Domestic Bestiary," was at the Perimeter Gallery in Chicago
in February, 1998. She taught at Parsons School of Design; Greenwich House Pottery
; Music and Art High School for Gifted Children; Y.M.H.A.; all in NYC, and at Ecole des Beaux Arts; Stanley William Hayter
Graphic Art Studio; Atelier 17; and, Academie de la Grande Chaumiere
all in Paris
, France
.
Marvin Israel
Marvin Israel , was born in Syracuse, New York, the son of Bessie and Harry Israel. He was an American artist, photographer, painter, teacher and art director from New York known for modern/surreal interiors, abstract imagery. Created sinister shadowy and exuberant interiors with implications of...
. She was born in 1929 in Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
and died in 1987 (she was 57 years old) in Manhattan. She was hit by a tractor-trailer while riding her bike on West 23rd Street. Her studio/home was a three story building in Manhattan that was once a horse stable. A prolific ceramist, her Manhattan studio was overflowing with artwork. There she also housed a bantam rooster, guinea hens, doves, a rabbit, dogs, and a cat. Her works depict many of these animals, and an exhibit of her work, "A Domestic Bestiary," was at the Perimeter Gallery in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
in February, 1998. She taught at Parsons School of Design; Greenwich House Pottery
Greenwich House Pottery
Founded in New York's Greenwich Village in 1909, Greenwich House Pottery was a major American outpost of the Arts and Crafts Movement. It was founded as a place both to teach pottery making skills to new immigrants and to carry on the tradition and art of ceramics...
; Music and Art High School for Gifted Children; Y.M.H.A.; all in NYC, and at Ecole des Beaux Arts; Stanley William Hayter
Stanley William Hayter
Stanley William Hayter , CBE was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, in 1927 Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris...
Graphic Art Studio; Atelier 17; and, Academie de la Grande Chaumiere
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
The Académie de la Grande Chaumière is an art school in the VIe arrondissement of Paris, France. The school was founded in 1902 by the Swiss Martha Stettler , who refused to teach the strict academic rules of painting of the École des Beaux-Arts. It opened the way to the "Art Indépendant"...
all in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Exhibitions
- 1959 Egan Gallery, NYC;
- 1971 and 1972 Cordier & Ekstrom, NYC;
- 1988 Garth Clark Gallery, NYC;
- 1990 Baruch CollegeBaruch CollegeBernard M. Baruch College, more commonly known as Baruch College, is a constituent college of the City University of New York, located in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, New York City. With an acceptance rate of just 23%, Baruch is among the most competitive and diverse colleges in the nation...
, NYC; - 1990 Retrospective Twining Gallery, NYC;
- 1995 25th Anniversary Exhibition Greenwich House PotteryGreenwich House PotteryFounded in New York's Greenwich Village in 1909, Greenwich House Pottery was a major American outpost of the Arts and Crafts Movement. It was founded as a place both to teach pottery making skills to new immigrants and to carry on the tradition and art of ceramics...
- Jane Harstook Gallery, NYC; - 1995 The Nude in Clay - Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL;
- 1996 Artists' Artists - Studio School Museau, NYC;
- 1996 The Nude in Clay - Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI;
- 1996 The Magical Art of Construction - Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL;
- 1997 Susan Teller Gallery, NYC;
- 1997 & 1998 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL;
- 1991 Perimeter Gallery.