Margit Beck Explained

Margit Beck Schwartz (1918–1997) was a Hungarian-born painter who lived and worked in the United States.^{[1] [2] [3]}

She was born Margit Beck in Tokay, Hungary. She studied first at the Institute of Fine Arts in Oradea, Romania and then at the Art Students League of New York.^{[4] [5]}

Her work is included in the Whitney Museum of American Art.^[6] Her papers, c.1950–1970, which give her year of birth as 1915, are held by the Smithsonian.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Jules Heller. Nancy G. Heller. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 19 December 2013. Routledge. 978-1-135-63882-5. 56–.
2. Book: New York Media, LLC. New York Magazine. 1 February 1971. New York Media, LLC. 57–. 0028-7369.
3. Book: ARTnews. 1972. ARTnews Associates.
4. News: Paid Notice: Deaths SCHWARTZ, MARGIT BECK (Published 1997) . The New York Times . 17 March 1997.
5. Book: Heller, Jules. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century : a Biographical Dictionary. 2013. Taylor and Francis. 9781135638894. 866858199.
6. Web site: Margit Beck. www.whitney.org. 2019-04-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20190407010455/https://www.whitney.org/artists/87. 2019-04-07. live.
7. Web site: Margit Beck papers, ca.1950-1970. www.aaa.si.edu. en. 2019-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20190410054427/https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/margit-beck-papers-5885. 2019-04-10. live.