Frances Kornbluth
(1920 - 2014)
Frances Kornbluth was active/lived in New York, Connecticut. Frances Kornbluth is known for figure, still life and plein air landscape painting.
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Biography Frances Kornbluth
Frances Kornbluth was born in New York City on July 26, 1920. As a child, Kornbluth developed a passion for the piano, and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1940 with a degree in music. During World War II, she married, and—while her husband was overseas—worked in Washington DC for the Lend Lease Organization and then the Office of Strategic Services. After the war, Kornbluth and her husband moved to Merrick, NY where they had two children.
In 1947, Kornbluth enrolled in an art workshop on Long Island and began painting figures and still lives in the studio. In 1955, she enrolled in the Brooklyn Museum School, where she studied with Reuben Tam (1916 - 1991) and William Kienbusch (1914 - 1980) for four years. During this time, Kornbl
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