Jane Haskell (24 November 1923 – 28 May 2013) was a

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-based artist and philanthropist whose art focused on light. Her

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work "River of Light" was installed in the

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of Pittsburgh's 'T' system in 1984, which was commissioned by the

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. She became a member of the

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board in 1999, and was chosen as the 2006 Artist of the Year and exhibited by the

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. She was a student of Samuel Rosenberg and her work was exhibited as ''Jane Haskell: Drawing in Light'' at the American Jewish Museum. "Born Jane Zirinsky in 1923, in Cedarhurst, Long Island, N.Y., Haskell received a bachelor of fine arts from

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in 1944 and earned a masters in art history from the

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in 1961."

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