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Irene Monat Stern
Irene Monat Stern (1932-2010) was a Poland-born American artist who spent her working life in the United States. Known for her abstract paintings, her works have been displayed and collected across the United States; from The Esther-Robles Gallery in Los Angeles, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.'s permanent collection. Early life and education Stern (née Monat) was born in Poland in 1932, 7 years before the outbreak of World War II. After surviving the Holocaust, a 16-year-old Stern moved to Paris and then to New York City, New York, where she met sculptor and future husband, Jan Peter Stern (1926-2004). While living in New York, Stern took art classes at the New York School for Social Research, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1965 the Sterns moved across the United States and settled in Santa Monica, California, a relocation that would lead to their br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |