Florence Brillinger was an American abstract artist known for her abstract cityscapes and non-objective paintings.
16 Facts About Florence Brillinger
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Florence Brillinger attended York High School and graduated in 1910.
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Florence Brillinger joined the York Artists' Association in 1910 or 1911 and may have benefited from observing the work of the club's other members.
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In 1911, Brillinger took a job as a designer for J Horace Rudy, maker of stained glass windows in York.
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Between 1911 and 1939, Florence Brillinger exhibited with two membership organizations, the art associations of York and Provincetown.
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Florence Brillinger was one of the first women admitted to the York Art Association and showed a charcoal study in the fourth annual exhibition in 1911.
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In 1939 or 1940, Florence Brillinger moved to New York City and her husband moved to Detroit.
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Florence Brillinger spent her last years in Andover, Massachusetts, and died there in 1984.
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Florence Brillinger usually painted in oil or watercolor on paper.
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Florence Brillinger was born on September 2,1891, in a village called Emigsville near York, Pennsylvania.
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Florence Brillinger's mother was Margaret Catherine Gable Brillinger, Florence Brillinger's father ran a general store in Emigsville until 1920 and then worked in local car dealerships.
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Florence Brillinger's work received greater recognition than hers and, unlike her, he frequently taught art students.
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Florence Brillinger attended a socialist function in 1915 and, in the late 1930s, joined a Communist front organization, the American Artists' Congress.
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Florence Brillinger obtained a divorce in Reno, Nevada, in Aug 1941 and a year later he married Hope Voorhees, a former student of his.
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Florence Brillinger did not remarry and continued to identify herself as Florence Brillinger Pfeiffer or Florence B Pfeiffer.
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Late in life, Florence Brillinger moved to Andover, Massachusetts, to the home where her unmarried son, Sigmund, lived in retirement.