Margaret Ponce Israel
Margaret Ponce Israel (also known as Marge Israel; December 24, 1929 – April 22, 1987) was an American painter and ceramicist who lived and worked in New York City. She was born in 1929 in Havana, Cuba, and emigrated with her family to the U.S. as an infant. She attended the High School of Music & Art in New York and Syracuse University.
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Margaret Ponce Israel
- Name
- Margaret Ponce Israel
- Born
- 24 December 1929
- Birthplace
- Havana, Cuba
- Died
- 22 April 1987
- Place of death
- New York City, New York, U.S.
- Education
- Syracuse University
- Field
- Ceramics
- Nationality
- Cuba
- Occupation
- painter · artist · sculptor
- Fields
- ceramic
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Margaret Ponce Israel (also known as Marge Israel; December 24, 1929 – April 22, 1987) was an American painter and ceramicist who lived and worked in New York City. She was born in 1929 in Havana, Cuba, and emigrated with her family to the U.S. as an infant. She attended the High School of Music & Art in New York and Syracuse University.
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Biography
Biography
She studied ceramics at Greenwich House Pottery, where she eventually became an instructor. She also studied in Paris, France, at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, the Stanley William Hayter Graphic Art Studio, Atelier 17, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1956 Israel won both first and second prize in ceramics at the Young Americans exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, today the Museum of Arts and Design. She taught at Parsons School of Design, Greenwich House Pottery, the High School of Music & Art, and Y.M.H.A, all in New York City. She died in 1987, aged 57, in Manhattan after being hit by a tractor-trailer while riding her bike on West 23rd Street. Her studio and home was a three-story building in Manhattan that was once a horse stable. There she housed a bantam rooster, guinea hens, doves, a rabbit, dogs, and a cat. Her works depict many of these animals, and an exhibition of her work entitled A Domestic Bestiary was shown at the Perimeter Gallery in Chicago in February 1998.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Margaret Ponce Israel • Born — 24 December 1929 • Birthplace — Havana, Cuba • Died — 22 April 1987 • Place of death — New York City, New York, U.S. • Education — Syracuse University • Field — Ceramics
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 1959 - Charles Egan Gallery, New York City • 1961 - Charles Egan Gallery, New York City • 1971 - Cordier & Ekstrom, New York City • 1972 - Bestiary, Cordier & Ekstrom, New York City • 1988 - Garth Clark Gallery, New York City • 1990 - Baruch College, New York City • 1990 - Retrospective, Twining Gallery, New York City • 1991 - Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL • 1995 - 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York City • 1995 - The Nude in Clay, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL • 1995 - Artists' Artist, Studio School Museum, New York City • 1996 - The Nude in Clay, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI • 1996 - The Magical Art of Construction, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL • 1997 - Susan Teller Gallery, New York City • 1997 - A Domestic Bestiary, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI • 1997 - Retrospective, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL • 1998 - A Domestic Bestiary, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL • 1999 - 1945-1985: Hannelore Baron, Dorothy Dehner and Margaret Ponce Israel, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
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- 1.Margaret Ponce Israel. Find A Grave.
- 2.McGill, Douglas C. Margaret Israel, 57, an artist. The New York Times.
- 3.Koplos, Janet and Metcalf, Bruce. Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. University of North Carolina Press, Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design. 234. 2010. 978-0-8078-3413-8.
- 4.Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Margaret Ponce Israel (American, 1929–1987). Artnet.com.
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