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Erna Lange

Erna Lange (1896 - 1984) was active/lived in New Jersey, Arizona, New York.  Erna Lange is known for Southwest landscape painting.

Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Erna Lange became a highly respected female artist in the early 20th century at a time when successful artists of her gender were much in the minority.

She attended finishing school in Germany and then enrolled in the National Academy of Design in New York as well as Cooper Union and the Art Students League. She took private lessons from Cecilia Beaux, a much renowned figure painter.  From 1924 to 1929, Erna, having received a Chaloner Prize, attended the Academies Colarossi, Grand Chaumiere, Julian, and Billoul in Paris and was a private student of Ferdinand Olivier (1873-1957).

However, the circumstances facilitating her studies in Paris, were humiliating for her. The following account appeared in Time Magazine, June 9, 1924:  "The polemics, occasioned by the award in 1923 of the John Armstrong Chaloner Paris Art Prize to Miss Erna Lange (Elizabeth, N.J.), re-echoed last week when her belated confession of plagiarism was   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2899 characters.]  Artist bio

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15 Book References for Erna Lange
Year Author Title Pages Color
2012 Fahlman, Betsy; (Essay); Lonnie Pierson Dunbier, (Directory) Arizona's Pioneering Women Artists: Impressions of the Grand Canyon State Directory Listing of 479 Women Before 1945
(Exhibition catalog)
92 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West 405 No
1991 Marlor, Clark S The Salons of America
(Exhibition catalog)
242 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1968 Young, William A Dictionary of American Artists, Sculptors and Engravers: From the Beginnings Through the Turn of the Twentieth Century 515 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1933 Ed, Anthony Schmidt Fine Art American Art Annual, 1933 0 No
Optiz, Glen Women Artists in America 1790-1980 600 No
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