Born in 1912, Fay Kleinman took her first art class through the WPA. Later, at the American Artists School, she studied murals with Anton Refriger, painting with Jean Liberte, and sculpture with Milton Hebald. At the City College of New York, she studied sculpture with Peter Lipman Wolfe.
Among the New York City galleries that have shown her work are ACA, Uptown Gallery, Creative Arts Gallery, Madison-New Directions Gallery, and Brooklyn Arts Gallery (Brooklyn Heights).
In Massachusetts, she exhibited at the Berkshire Museum, Highpoint Galleries, Becket Arts Center, Washington Mountain Art Gallery, Berkshire Pro Musica Studios, Sheffield Art League, Southern Berkshire Counsil for the Arts, Stockbridge Theatre, and the Berkshire Artisans Gallery.
In Michigan, she has exhibited at the Warren Robbins Gallery of the University of Michigan School of Art, the Ypsilanti District Library, the Jewish Community Center, Gallery 55+, the University of Michigan Hospital (gifts of art), and the Ann Arbor District Library, where two floors were given over to her paintings of people at work and play.
One of her paintings was recently purchased for permanet display at the Ypsilanti District Library, another for permanent display at the U-M Hospital.
In 1969, she put the first art exhibit on in Becket, MA. Two years later, she co-founded the Becket Arts Center, where she taught and curated exhibits.. She has also been a judge for various arts festivals.
Her works are represented in many collections in the U.S. and abroad. |
