Background
She was born in Ekaterinoslav, Russia in 1903.
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Helen Gerardia
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She immigrated to the United States in the 1940s to study under Hans Hoffman. During her career, she painted and also engaged in lithography and etching. She eventually founded the Gerardia shop, where she taught a variety of mediums.
From 1967 until 1969, she was president of the American Society of Contemporary Artists.
She exhibited her work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where her work was described as showing "good arrangement," and being "visually pleasing." She was called an "industrous artist," by one critic. She died in 1988.
"Ballerina" - 1951, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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United States