Background
Rattner, Abraham was born on July 9, 1895 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Herman M. and Sarah (Zukerman) Rattner.
Rattner, Abraham was born on July 9, 1895 in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Son of Herman M. and Sarah (Zukerman) Rattner.
Student Corcoran School Art, 1913-1915, George Washington University, 1913-1914, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1915-1917, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1921-1923, Ransom Academy, Paris, 1923-1924. Academy de la Grande Chaumiere, 1924-1925. Sorbonne, Paris, 1925-1926.
April 1947); married second, Esther Gentle, 1949. European traveling scholar Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1920, Italy, 1920, France, 1920-1940. One-man shows Paris, Brussels, United States.
Exhibited Salon dā Autumn.
Salon des Independants, des Surr-Independants, Paris, Julien Levy Gallery, New York City, 1936-1941. Group shows include Miniature groups.
Member of staff New School for Social Research, Art Students League, New York City, 1948-1952. Artist-in-residence, professor painting University of Illinois.
1952-1954; visiting artist Yale, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum.
Artist-in-residence Michigan State University, 1954-1960. Commissioned, executed in Paris stained glass window design for Chicago New Loop Synogogue, 1959.
Member of staff New School for Social Research, Art Students League, New York City, 1948-1952. Member Societe des Arts Decoratif Paris.
Married Bettina Bedwell (deceased. Married second, Esther Gentle, 1949.