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Ellen Berkenblit (born 1958) is an American painter. She was born in Paterson, New Jersey and graduated from the Cooper Union in 1980. She received an Arts and Letters grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2013, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in the following year. She has exhibited at the Anton Kern Gallery. The Brooklyn Museum holds examples of her work.

Often working in large-scale and in oil paint, a recurring motif in Berkenblit’s work is a magical female protagonist, frequently depicted as a cartoonish women in profile, with long lashes, rosy cheeks, and wild hair.

References

1. ^ Ellen Berkenblit. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived 13 April 2014.
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6. Arts and Letters Awards in Art. American Academy of Arts and Letters. Archived 17 August 2016.
7. Dunham, Carroll (2014). Ellen Berkenblit: Paintings 2011-2014. New York: Anton Kern Gallery. ISBN 978-0-9833622-8-9.
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11. "Ellen Berkenblit | artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2019-03-16.

• 1958 births
• Painters from New York City
• Cooper Union alumni
• Living people
• 21st-century American women painters
• 21st-century American painters