Maude Boltz (1939-2017) was an American artist and co-founder of the

A.I.R. Gallery A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence) is the first all female artists cooperative gallery in the United States. It was founded in 1972 with the objective of providing a professional and permanent exhibition space for women artists during a time ...

Biography

Boltz was born in 1939 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. She attended the Philadelphia College of Arts and

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. In 1972 Boltz co-founded the

, a female artists cooperative gallery in New York City. In 1978 Boltz's work was included in a show at

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entitled ''Overview: An Exhibition in Two Parts by the A.I.R. Gallery''. She died in 2017. Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by

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. Boltz's work is in the collection of the

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and the

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References

External links

images of Boltz's work
on Women in the Arts Foundation
Remembering Maude Boltz
on the A.I.R. Gallery website {{DEFAULTSORT:Boltz, Maude 1937 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American women artists