Esther Gentle Rattner | |
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Born | Esther Gentle 1899 Brooklyn, New York
[1] |
Died | 1991 (aged 91–92) |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Sculpture |
Spouse |
Abraham Rattner
(
m. 1949–1978) |
Esther Gentle (1899 – 1991) [3] was a New York City sculptor, painter, printmaker, and gallery manager. Gentle ran an art reproductions business, Esther Gentle Reproductions, [1] and a New York City art gallery. Her work is part of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art's permanent collection. [4]
Gentle was the first American woman sculptor given a one-person show at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris. [1]
Esther Gentle and Abraham Rattner's papers were donated to the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. [5]
She married Abraham Rattner in 1949. [6] She was the mother of Dr. Allen Leepa. [7] In 1921, prior to her Rattner marriage, she gave birth to twins Herbert (1921-2008) and Bernard Zipkin (1921-2016), by Harry Zipkin, a Brooklyn painter.