Hella Bailin

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Hella Bailin (born October 17, 1915 in Düsseldorf , † April 1, 2006 in Willow Grove , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania ) was an American artist of German origin.

Life

Hella Bailin studied from 1934 to 1937 at the Reimann School in Berlin , the largest private arts and crafts school in Germany. In 1937 she had to emigrate to the USA because of her Jewish origins. However, her parents became victims of the Holocaust . In the USA she continued her artistic training at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art . She made numerous trips to Europe, Mexico, the Middle East, North Africa, India and China. The artist was interviewed for the Holocaust Testimonials Project .

Exhibitions

Bailin's works have been shown in over 100 exhibitions in New Jersey and New York ( National Academy of Design , National Arts Club, Lever House).

Awards

Bailin has received over 100 awards, including the New Jersey Watercolor Society's Silver Medal of Honor .

Memberships

  • National Association of Women Artists
  • American Watercolor Society
  • Allied Artists of America

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swantje Kuhfuss-Wickenheiser, the Reimann School in Berlin and London 1902–1943. A Jewish company for international art and design education up to the destruction by the Hitler regime, Aachen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86858-475-2 , p. 513
  2. ↑ http://www.njwcs.org/silvermedal.htm
personal data
SURNAME Bailin, Hella
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2006
Place of death Willow Grove , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania