Amy Londoner


Amy Londoner was an American painter who exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show.

Early life

Londoner was born in Lexington, Missouri on April 12, 1875. Her parents were Moses and Rebecca Londoner, who moved to Leadville, Colorado, by 1880. In 1899, Amy took responsibility for her father who had come to Los Angeles from Leadville and had mental issues. By 1900, Amy was living with her parents and sister, Blanche, in Denver, Colorado. The family had a male servant. Amy and her mother lived in New York in 1910.

Education

She studied art in New York City with Robert Henri and John Sloan.
She was one of the women artists of the Ash Can School, several of whom also studied with Robert Henri, like Bessie Marsh.

Career

Londoner was one of the artists who exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show which included four of her pastel paintings entitled The Beach Crowd, Playing Ball on the Beach, The Beach Umbrellas, The Life Guards, and The Marina Grande. Between 1912 and 1914, her works were exhibited at the MacDowell Club in New York. Her works were exhibited at the Waldorf Astoria on February 25, 1921, at the Society of Independent Artists. Her works, exhibited at a Society of Independent Artists exhibition, were described as having a "rare specialization through color and a very personal note of humor."
Londoner taught art to young children at the Modern School, a school based upon the principles of Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia. Robert Henri taught adults at the school.
She was a member of the Art Students League.

Works

Some of her works are: