biografia di Margaret Brassler KANE (1909-2006)

Birth place: East Orange, NJ

Addresses: Brooklyn, NYC, NY; Cos Cob, CT

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Syracuse Univ.; ASL; also with John Hovannes.

Exhibited: Municipal A. Gal., 1936-46; WMAA, 1938-40, 1945; BM, 1938, 1942, 1946 (prize), 1951 (prize); S. Gld., 1938-42, 1944; NSS, 1938, 1940; Lawrence A. Mus., 1938; AFA Traveling Exh., 1939-40; WFNY, 1939; Lyman Allyn Mus., 1939; Robinson Gal., 1939-40; AIC, 1940-41; PMA, 1940; NAD, 1941; MMA, 1942; PAFA Ann., 1942, 1945-48; NAWA, 1942 (prize)-46; Riverside Mus., 1943; Montclair A. Mus., 1943, 1945; Arch. Lg., 1944 (prize); Audubon A., 1945; Brooklyn SA, 1946 (prize); Jacques Seligmann Gal.; ACA Gal., 1944 (prize); Vendome Gal.; Clay Club; Argent Gal. Nat. Tour, 1958; Lever House, NYC, 1959-70; Mattatuck Mus., Connecticut, 1967; Lamont Gal., Exeter, NH, 1967-70; New York Bank Savings, 1968. Other awards: Montclair AA, 1943 (prize); Greenwich Soc Art, 1952, 1954, 1958 & 1960 & Silvermine Guild Artists, 1954-1956 & 1963.

Member: Sculptors Guild; NAWA; Pen & Brush Club; Greenwich Art Soc.; Silvermine Guild Artists; fel., Int. Inst. Arts & Lett.

Work: US Maritime Comn.; Limited Ed. Lamp Co.; plaque, for Burro Monument, Fairplay, CO.

Comments: Positions: juror, Am. Mach. & Foundry Co., 1957. Teaching: lectr., Creative Approach to Sculpture. Publications: auth., article, In: Am Artist, Jan, 1970; reproductions, In: Contemporary Stone Sculpture, Crown, 1971; reproductions of wood carvings, McGraw-Hill, 1973.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors, 299; Falk, Exh. Record Series.