Background
Kaplan, Muriel Sheerr was born on August 15, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Maurice J. and Lillian J. (Jamison) Sheerr.
Kaplan, Muriel Sheerr was born on August 15, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Maurice J. and Lillian J. (Jamison) Sheerr.
Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1946. Postgraduate Sarah Lawrence College, 1958-1960, University of California at Oxford (England), summer 1971, U. Florence (Italy), summer 1973, Art Students League, New York City, summers 1975-1989, New School, New York City, 1974-1978, m. Murray South. Kaplan, June 3, 1946 (deceased).
Exhibitions at Women"s Clubs in Westchester, 1954-1960, Allied Artists American, 1958-1973, National Association Women Artists, 1966-1997, Brooklyn Museum, 1968, Sculptors Guild, 1972, Bergen County (New Jersey) Museum, 1974. 2-person shows: Camino Real Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, 1980. Represented in group shows at Norton Art Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, 1980, Government Center, West Palm Beach, Florida,1984, Northwood U. Gallery, 1993, 95, 96, 97.
Represented in permanent collections Columbia University, Brandeis University, University Texas, Harvard Law School, 1990, Johnson Museum at Cornell Univercity, 1996, Weizman Institute, Israel, 1998.
Executed twin 30 foot cor-ten steel sculptures, Tarrytown, New York, 1972,2 large rotating steel sculptures Art Park, Transport-Lux Corporation, 1978. Art consultant, interior designer, 1971-1989.
Secretary commission to establish art museum in Westchester, 1956. Chairman Westchester Creative Arts Festival, 1956.
Board of directors Federation Jewish Philanthropies, 1956.
Chairman 1st Station West National Educational Television, Channel 13 Art Auction. Member committee art in public places, Palm Beach County, Florida, 1984. Member art advising committee Boca Raton Museum Art, 1987-1993.
Board of directors Palm Beach County Cultural Council of Arts, 1992-1994.
Teacher sculpture Armory Arts Center, Palm Beach, 1987-1992, board directors, 1992.
Member committee art in public places, Palm Beach County, Florida, 1984. Member art advising committee Boca Raton Museum Art, 1987-1993. Member National Academy of Design, Art Students League New York National Association Women Artists, Allied Artists American, National Sculpture Society, International Sculpture Center, Portraits Incorporated.
Married Murray S. Kaplan, June 3, 1946 (deceased). Children: Janet Belsky, James S., S. Jerrold, Amy Sheerr Eckman.