Mandelman, Beatrice 
(1912-1998)

Beatrice Mandelman
Born New Jersey, 1912
Died 1998

Beatrice Mandelman Studied at the Arts Student League and soon established herself in the New York art scene. In 1944 she and her husband, Louis Ribak arrived in New Mexico. The two of them founded the Taos Valley Art School and helped create the Taos Art Association.

Mandelman’s kaleidoscopic abstractions display a wide range of influences, from stained-glass windows to the School of Paris, from Native American art to the New York School. She was a sophisticated and capable painter.

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