Doris Meltzer Explained

Doris Meltzer
Birth Place:	Ulster County, New York
Death Place:	New York, New York
Nationality:	American
Education:	Art Students League of New York
Field:	Serigraphy

Doris Meltzer (1908–1977) was an American artist and art dealer.

She was born in 1908 in Ulster County, New York. Meltzer attended the Art Students League of New York.^[1]

Her older sister, Rachel Meltzer (1904-1994) was married to the American poet Kenneth Fearing (1902-1961).^[2]

Meltzer was a member of the American Federation of Arts and, for a time, served as the director of the National Serigraph Society.^[3] She was also an art dealer and gallery owner.

Her work was included in the 1940 MoMA show American Color Prints Under $10 The show was organized as a vehicle for bringing affordable fine art prints to the general public.^[4] She was also included in the 1947 and the 1951 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts exhibitions of the National Serigraph Society.^{[5] [6]}

Meltzer work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art^[7] and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.^[8]

She died on October 18, 1977, in New York City.^[9] Her papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.^[10]

External links

• images of Meltzer's work at the National Gallery of Art

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doris Meltzer . ASKart . 9 January 2020.
2. Book: Wald, Alan M. . American Night: The Literary Left in the Era of the Cold War . 2012-10-15 . UNC Press Books . 978-0-8078-3734-4 . 333n55 . en.
3. Web site: Meltzer, Doris, 1908-1977 . Social Networks and Archival Context . 9 January 2020.
4. Web site: Press release for "American Color Prints Under $10" . Museum of Modern Art . 9 January 2020.
5. Web site: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts . National Serigraph Exhibition, January 15–February 15, 1947 [Checklist] ]. The Portal to Texas History . 4 January 2020 . English . 1947.
6. Web site: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts . National Serigraph Society Exhibition, April 1–May 2, 1951 [Checklist] ]. The Portal to Texas History . 4 January 2020 . English . 1951.
7. Web site: Doris Meltzer . National Gallery of Art . 9 January 2020.
8. Web site: Summer Memory . Virginia Museum of Fine Arts . 9 January 2020.
9. Web site: Deaths . The New York Times . 9 January 2020 . 1 November 1977.
10. Web site: Doris Meltzer papers, 1960-1978 . Archives of American Art . Smithsonian Institution . 9 January 2020 . en.