Background
Kane, Margaret Brassler was born on May 25, 1909 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Hans and Mathilde (Trumpler) Brassler.
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Margaret Brassler Kane
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Education
Student, Packer Collegiate Institute, 1920—1926. Student, Syracuse University, 1927. Student, Art Students League, 1927—1929.
Student, New York College Music, 1928—1929. Student, John Hovannes Studio, 1932—1934. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Colorado State Christian College, 1973.
Career
Head craftsman sculpture, arts and skills unit American Red Cross, Halloran General Hospital, New York, 1942—1943. Jury member Brooklyn Museum, 1948, American Machine & Foundry Company, 1957. Committee member An American Group, Inc.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow International Institute Arts and Letters (life). Member National Association WomenArtists (2nd vice president 1943-1944), National League American Pen Women, Inc. (Office Workstations Limited award for the Arts 1991), The Pen and Brush (emeritus 1992), Artists Council United States of America, Brooklyn Society Artists, Greenwich Society Artists (member county), International Sculpture Center, International Society Artists (charter), SculptorsGuild, Inc.
(lifetime member, since 1993, secretary to Executive Board 1942-1945, chairman exhibition committee 1942, 44), Silvermine Guild Artists, National Trust for Hist.Preservation.
Connections
Married Arthur Ferris Kane, June 11, 1930. Children: Jay Brassler, Gregory Ferris.
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April 10, 2006 (aged 96)
Awards
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Recipient Anna Hyatt Huntington award, 1942. American Artists Professional League and Montclair Art Association Awards, 1943. 1st Henry O. Avery Prize, 1944. Sculpture Prize Brooklyn Society Artists, Brooklyn Museum, 1946. John Rogers Award, 1951. Lawrence Hyder Prize, 1952, 54. David H. Zell Memorial Award, 1954, 63. Honorable mention United States Maritime Commission, 1941 and. A.C.A. Gallery Competition, 1944. Medical of honor for sculpture National Association WomenArtists, 1951. Medical of honor for sculpture National Academy Galleries, New York. Prize for carved sculpture, 1955. Animal sculpture, 1956. 1st award for sculpture Greenwich Art Society, 1958, 60. 1st award for sculptureAnnual New England Exhbns., Silvermine, Connecticut.Recipient Anna Hyatt Huntington award, 1942. American Artists Professional League and Montclair Art Association Awards, 1943. 1st Henry O. Avery Prize, 1944.
Sculpture Prize Brooklyn Society Artists, Brooklyn Museum, 1946. John Rogers Award, 1951. Lawrence Hyder Prize, 1952, 54.
David H. Zell Memorial Award, 1954, 63. Honorable mention United States Maritime Commission, 1941 and. A.C.A. Gallery Competition, 1944.
Medical of honor for sculpture National Association WomenArtists, 1951. Medical of honor for sculpture National Academy Galleries, New York. Prize for carved sculpture, 1955.
Animal sculpture, 1956. 1st award for sculpture Greenwich Art Society, 1958, 60. 1st award for sculptureAnnual New England Exhbns., Silvermine, Connecticut.