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Belle Goldschlager Baranceanu (July 17, 1902January 17, 1988) was an American painter, teacher, muralist, lithographer, engraver and illustrator.〔Falk, Peter Hastings, ''Who Was Who in American Art'', Sound View Press, Madison Connecticut, 1985〕 She was born Belle Goldschlager in Chicago, Illinois (Baranceanu was her mother's maiden name).〔Kovinick & Yoshiki-Kovinick 1997, p. 344.〕 Her parents, both Romanian Jewish immigrants,〔("Belle Baranceanu" ), Sullivan Goss, retrieved January 9, 2014.〕 separated during Belle's early childhood, and she grew up on her maternal grandparents' farm in North Dakota.〔 == Biography == She studied at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts under Anthony Angarola, to whom she was engaged until his death in 1929. Active in Chicago during the 1920s as a teacher and exhibitor, she worked in Los Angeles, California in 1927–1928.〔Landauer, Gerdts, & Trenton 2003, p. 63.〕 She moved to San Diego in 1933. During the Great Depression Baranceanu became involved in the series of work programs initiated by the federal government to keep artists employed during those tough times. Her first mural, done for the Public Works of Art Project of the Civil Works Administration (November 1933 to June 1934) titled ''San Diego'' is in the collection of the National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C. Other murals were done in anticipation of the California-Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936) for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). These included ''Brothers of the Church'', ''Girl with a Fawn'', and ''Progress of Man''.〔 She painted oil on canvas murals in the La Jolla post office (''Scenic View of the Village'') in 1936, and the Roosevelt Junior High School (''Building Padre Dam'' and ''Potola's Departure'') in 1937-38 as part of the Public Works of Art Project.〔Crocker Art Museum〕 Between 1939 and 1940 she completed another WPA commissioned mural titled ''The Seven Arts'' in the La Jolla High School Auditorium. Baranceanu was a member of the Chicago Society of Artists. She exhibited her work at the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, and others. Baranceanu taught at the La Jolla School of Arts & Crafts and Frances Parker School. She died in La Jolla on January 17, 1988. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belle Baranceanu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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