Amy Londoner was an American painter who exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show.
19 Facts About Amy Londoner
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Amy Londoner was born in Lexington, Missouri on April 12,1875.
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Amy Londoner's parents were Moses and Rebecca Londoner, who moved to Leadville, Colorado, by 1880.
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In 1899, Amy Londoner took responsibility for her father who had come to Los Angeles from Leadville and had mental issues.
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Amy Londoner traveled with her mother to England in 1907 then shortly later, both returned to New York in 1909.
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Amy Londoner was 34 years old at the time, and, according to standards of the day, should have married and raised a family long before.
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At the Henri School, Amy Londoner established friendships with Carl Sprinchorn, a young Swedish immigrant, and Edith Reynolds, daughter of wealthy industrialist family from Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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In 1911, Amy Londoner vacationed at the Hotel Trexler in Atlantic City, NJ.
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Amy Londoner was the subject of Londoner's pastel Isadora Duncan and the Children: Praise Ye the Lord with Dance.
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In 1914, Amy Londoner traveled to France to spend summer abroad, living at 99 rue Notre Dames des Champs, Paris, France.
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Amy Londoner exhibited at the Morton Gallery, Opportunity Gallery, Leonard Clayton Gallery and Brownell-Lambertson Galleries in NYC.
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Amy Londoner's painting of a 'Blond Girl' was one of two works included in the College Art Associations Traveling Exhibition of 1929, which toured colleges across the country to broad acclaim.
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Always known for her keen wit, Amy Londoner retained her humor and concern for her works even during her illness, noting that "if anything happens to the Endicott, I guess they will just throw them out" Sprinchorn and Reynolds did not allow this to happen.
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Amy Londoner studied art in New York City with Robert Henri and John Sloan.
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Amy Londoner was one of the women artists of the Ash Can School, several of whom studied with Robert Henri, like Bessie Marsh.
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Amy Londoner was one of the artists who exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show which included four of her pastel paintings entitled The Beach Crowd, Playing Ball on the Beach, The Beach Umbrellas, The Life Guards, and The Marina Grande.
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Amy Londoner's works were exhibited at the Waldorf Astoria on February 25,1921, at the Society of Independent Artists.
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Amy Londoner taught art to young children at the Modern School, a school based upon the principles of Francesc Ferrer i Guardia.
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Amy Londoner was a member of the Art Students League.