|
Erna Weill (1904-1996) was an American German-Jewish sculptor known for her busts of 20th-century persons, in particular civil rights figures. Born Erna Helft in Frankfurt, Germany, she studied sculpture with Helene von Beckerath, a student of Auguste Rodin, at Goethe University Frankfurt.〔(Michael Aldinger, ''Guide to the Papers of Erna Weill (1904-1966), 1914-1971'' New York: Leo Baeck Institute/Center of Jewish History, 2007. )〕 In 1933, a course with Martin Buber in Frankfurt inspired her to pursue Jewish themes in her work. She married a chemist, Ernst Weill. In 1936, the family fled Germany first to Switzerland and then to the United States, settling eventually in Teaneck, New Jersey. She continued her work of busts of famous people, many from the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68) and of Jewish themes. In addition she taught in New York City public schools and had her own art school.〔 ==External links== * *(Erna Weill papers ) at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art 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「Erna Weill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|