Malcah zeldis biography sample
Malcah zeldis biography sample
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Malcah Zeldis
Artist
born New York City 1931
- Born
- New York, New York, United States
- Active in
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Biography
Born in Michigan.
A self-taught artist who did not begin painting until her late thirties. Famous for her folk-art paintings that reflect both urban and Jewish traditions.
Nora Panzer, ed. Celebrate America in Poetry and Art (New York and Washington, D.C.: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1994)
Artist Biography
Malcah Zeldis, a Detroit native, spent her early adult years in Israel, moved to New York in 1958, began working as a teacher's aide, and took up painting around 1960.
Zeldis has acknowledged influences ranging from the Flemish masters to Haitian folk art.
Tom Patterson Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (New York and Washington, D.C.: Watson-Guptill Publications, in coope