Marion Lerner-Levine
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October 31, 1931
Marion Lerner-Levine | |
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| Born | Marion Lerner October 31, 1931 Hackney, London, England |
| Died | October 26, 2023 (aged 91) |
| Education | University of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, California State College, Los Angeles |
| Known for | Painting, watercolor, printmaking |
| Spouse | Arthur Levine |
Marion Lerner-Levine (born Marion Lerner, October 31, 1931 – October 26, 2023) was a British-born American painter, printmaker, and teacher who created "emotionally expressive" still life paintings in oil and watercolor,[1] which "transform the traditional form of the still life into whimsical portraits of everyday life."[2]
Marion Lerner-Levine was born in Hackney, London, England on October 31, 1931,[3] as the daughter of a Polish mother and a Romanian father, LSE economist Abba Lerner.[2][4] When she was six years old, the family emigrated to the United States because her father was offered a Rockefeller Foundation grant to study economics.[2]
At the age of 16, while living with her parents and twin brother in Chicago, Lerner-Levine was granted early entrance to the University of Chicago. In 1950, she furthered her education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied with Paul Weighardt, Laura Van Pappelendam, Max Kahn, and Vera Berdich.[2][5] During her final year at the Art Institute, she concurrently studied etching and lithography at the Chicago Graphic Workshop.[4] In 1954, Lerner-Levine earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Art Institute of Chicago, with honors in printmaking and painting.[2][4] She later studied at University of California, Los Angeles (1967–68).[4]
Upon the completion of her education, Lerner-Levine married the artist Arthur Levine (b. 1928); they have two daughters.[4]
