Gertrude Greenblatt Mazia

1915 -1990
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BORN
November 26, 1915
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DIED
April 16, 1990
Alameda, California
EDUCATION
Philadelphia School of Design for Women
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Graphic Sketch Club
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GENDER
Female
RACE / ETHNICITY
White
OCCUPATION
Teacher

Gertrude Greenblatt Mazia was born on November 26, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied art at the Graphic Sketch Club in Philadelphia, then at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. She exhibited her work at the School of Design in 1938. 

In the late 1930s, Mazia moved to Columbia, Missouri, where her husband, Daniel Mazia, was a professor of zoology at the University of Missouri. In Columbia, she taught at the Recreation Commission. While in Columbia, Mazia exhibited in St. Louis at the annual Missouri Exhibition at the City Art Museum, and with the St. Louis Artists’ Guild. She also showed her work at the St. Louis Art Center in a solo exhibition of her drawings and sketches in 1939. Mazia made drawings of individuals, including students at the University of Missouri, and she also created images of the Ozarks.

Gertrude Greenblatt Mazia died on April 16, 1990, in Alameda, California.

ACTIVE IN
MISSOURI
1938-1950 / Columbia
ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS
Recreation Commission

Awards & Exhibitions 7

1938
Philadelphia School of Design for Women Exhibition

Organized by Philadelphia Art Alliance

1939
St. Louis Art Center Exhibition

Organized by St. Louis Art Center

1940
St. Louis Artists' Guild Exhibition

Organized by St. Louis Artists' Guild

1942
Missouri Exhibition

Organized by City Art Museum

1949
Missouri Exhibition

Organized by City Art Museum

n.d.
Philadelphia Art Alliance Exhibition

Organized by Philadelphia Art Alliance

n.d.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Exhibition

Organized by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

1938
Award, Philadelphia School of Design for Women Exhibition

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References

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“Gertrude Mazia in the California, U.S. Death Index, 1940-1997,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2022.

“Gertrude Greenblatt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S. Marriage Index, 1885-1951,” Ancestry, accessed September 23, 2022.

“Gertrude Mazia in the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2022.

“Names of Artists, Craftsmen in 9th Annual Missouri Show," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 11, 1949, 84.

Harry R. Burke, “Missouri Exhibition at Art Museum a Disappointment," St. Louis Globe-Democrat, November 1, 1942, 7F.

Harry R. Burke, “Gertrude Mazia’s Drawings Being Shown at Art Center," St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 29, 1939, 3C.


Core Reference Sources

askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.

Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).

Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).

Contributors

Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Artist Record Published

Published on September 26, 2022

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References

Artist clippings file is available at:

Bibliography

Select Sources

“Gertrude Mazia in the California, U.S. Death Index, 1940-1997,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2022.

“Gertrude Greenblatt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S. Marriage Index, 1885-1951,” Ancestry, accessed September 23, 2022.

“Gertrude Mazia in the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2022.

“Names of Artists, Craftsmen in 9th Annual Missouri Show," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 11, 1949, 84.

Harry R. Burke, “Missouri Exhibition at Art Museum a Disappointment," St. Louis Globe-Democrat, November 1, 1942, 7F.

Harry R. Burke, “Gertrude Mazia’s Drawings Being Shown at Art Center," St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 29, 1939, 3C.


Core Reference Sources

askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.

Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).

Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).

Contributors

Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Artist Record Published

Published on September 26, 2022

Updated on None

Citation

Wagener, Roberta. "Gertrude Greenblatt Mazia." In Missouri Remembers: Artists in Missouri through 1951. Kansas City: The Kansas City Art Institute and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; St. Louis: The St. Louis Public Library, 2022, https://doi.org/10.37764/5776.