Theresa Bernstein: A Century in Art

“Theresa Bernstein: A Century in Art” is an exhibit currently on view in the James Gallery at the CUNY Graduate Center at 35^th Street and Fifth Avenue. (If you stand on the southeast corner of that intersection you can look into the windows of the gallery and see numerous Bernstein paintings.) Bernstein lived from 1890 to 2002 (do the math!) and had work exhibited in every decade of the 20^th century. She was a contemporary of Edward Hopper and the painters of the Ashcan School. She made a great many paintings of New York life, several of which are in the exhibit and which I’ve posted pictures of below. She had a vibrant style, awhirl with life and color, whether documenting the antics of the rich, the talented or the working poor and she drew on a host of different influences, including the French impressionists and some of the avant-garde painters of her era.

 

Lilies of the Field, 1915