Born in Philadelphia in 1890, Theresa Ferber Bernstein, developed an early interest in art, attending the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, now Moore College of Art. She began taking life and portraiture classes with William Merritt Chase at the Arts Student League, traveling to Europe twice to study the masters.

In 1914, Bernstein received important notice when her painting was chosen for exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. That same year she had her first solo exhibition at the Milch Galleries in New York.

Bernstein, in 1917 exhibited at the just opened Moore College of Art, with the male-dominated Ashcan School. The school recognized Bernstein as the artist who brought the most modern subject matter to "The Ten" exhibitions.

Her academic training with the American realist tradition through her studies with Garber, a pupil of Anshutz, who was a pupil of Eakins, grasps the essence of a situation and then masterfully composes the "big idea".

In the 1920's, Bernstein developed a freer style using looser, more energetic brushwork with a lighter, brighter palette. This approach dominated her later career and is evident in her painting, "The Fair".

With her husband, William Meyerowitz, Bernstein traveled to Jerusalem, the subject of her painting, "Jerusalem".

The chalk drawing, "Portrait of a Young Girl" was completed in 1923 and is possibly as self-portrait.

Bernstein summered for more than seventy years, at her home  in East Gloucester Massachusetts.

Bernstein's observation of people and contemporary life have spanned more that a century. She has established herself as a unique American realist.

THERESA BERNSTEIN

	Orchestra Movement ca. 1922 16" x 22" W/C Inquire
	Good Harbor Beach ca. 1940 24" x 30" O/C SOLD
	Boston Tea ca. 1960 30" x 25" O/C Inquire
	Katie ca. 1913 26" x 22" O/C Inquire
	Portrait of William Meyerowitz ca. 1920 18" x 14" O/B Inquire
	Chrysanthemums ca. 19300 30" x 25" O/C Inquire
	Male Bust I Pencil Sketch 24" x 18" SOLD
	Male Pencil Sketch 18" x 24" $1500
	Male Bust II Pencil Sketch 24" x 18" SOLD
	Arrangement with Bottles Pencil Sketch 18" x 24" SOLD
	Sketch of a Woman Pencil Sketch 24" x 18" $1500