Education
Altfest graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and a Bachelor in English, an Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Yale, and studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
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Ellen Altfest
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She paints still lifes and male figures from life in detail. Her work is noted for its precision and trompe-l"œil accuracy. Influences include Albrecht Dürer"s The Large Turf, Jackson Pollock, and Lucian Freud.
