Edna Reindel New York, California, Michigan (1894-1990) Martha's Vinyard seaside view with boats oil on board. signed verso From the collection of Edward P. Bentley, Art Researcher and Historian, Greenville, Michigan. Hudson's label verso. Biography from the Archives of askART: Edna Reindel, painter, sculptor, teacher and muralist was born in Detroit, MI, in 1900 and studied at the Pratt Institute, NY. Upon Graduation in 1923 she did book illustration and free-lance commercial artwork for five years. After studying on a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship and hanging her first solo show in New York in 1934 she painted a mural for the Stamford, Conn., Housing Project and then worked on a Treasury Department mural for the post office of Swainsboro, Georgia. These commissions brought other mural work and soon she was known for her bold deliniated style of painting that became her signiature style. Her paintings are owned by many important museums and in addition to winning the Tiffany Foundation Fellowship award, 1926, 1932; she won an award at the Art Directors Club, 1935; Beverly Hills Art Festival, 1939 and others.Edna Reindel's "Intellectual and carefully restrained pictures" have steadily gained recognition. Known Mostly for her flowers and still-life studies, she also painted a large series of New England scenes at Martha's Vineyard, where she summered. She employed "crisp, clean cut forms" in her works. She was also known for genre, portraits, landscapes, horsemen, fruit, dancers, bathers, nudes and dogs. She passed away in Santa Monica, California in 1990. 11 1/2" x 12 1/2", 14 3/4" x 17 3/4" (frame)