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A wonderful painting by renowned modern American artist,
Hazel Finck (1894 - 1977) titled Barn, Killingsworth. The painting bears a signature and
also an exhibition label.
Finck was born in New Haven, Connecticut. She studied with Guy Wiggins and a Russian born
artist who was active in
Mountainside, New Jersey named Sigismund Ivanowski, . Finck lived in Westfield,
New Jersey.
She was a member of the Newark Art Club and exhibited there as well
as at the Irvington Art
and Museum Association, Plainfield Art Association, New Jersey Gallery of
Art , the Westfield Art Association and until 1951 she exhibited regularly
at the National Association of Women
Artists . She was also a
member of the American Artists Professional League and the Art Student
League of New York.
Her
works were included in exhibitions at the 1939 World's
Fair, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the National
Arts Club among others. Finck taught at the State Teachers College in DeKalb,
Illinois and examples of her work are included in their collection.
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