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An example of work by Jane Gray
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Courtesy of Mark Irwin,
"The Villager," May 21, 1953; "The New York Times," February 5, 1954
Jane Gray (1900-1982) was a well-known American portrait painter active in New York, Philadelphia and Newport, Rhode Island from 1920 to 1964. Her portraits were of prominent persons in various fields, children and every day people.
She founded the Greenwich Village Art School and headed the "Jane Gray Group," which exhibited in New York in the 1950s. This group included the artist and some of her most able students.
Jane Gray was a member of the National Association of Women Artists and she was awarded First Place, "Popular Award," at the 58th Annual Exhibition of the National Association of Women Artists, the National Academy of Design, July 1950
The artists other awards include First Place, "Popular Vote," 39th annual Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings, Newport, Rhode Island, 1950.
In 1953 she was commissioned to paint a portrait of Benjamin A. Cohen, Assistant SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations, Medal of Honor award recipient, which was shown at the 61st Annual Exhibition of the National Association of Women Artists, National Academy of Design, July 1953.
Her work was exhibited at many One Man Shows including the Art Association of Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, 1951; The Phillips Gallery, Philadelphia, June 1954; Serigraph Gallery, New York 1954.
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