biographie de Rita LEFF (1907-1979)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: West Palm Beach, FL

Profession: Printmaker, painter

Studied: ASL; BM; Parsons Sch. Design; Abraham Rattner; Louis Shanker; Adja Yunkers; Worden Day; Louis Calapai.

Exhibited: MMA, 1959; BM Print Exhs., 1959, 1961 & 1963; Butler Mus. Painting Ann, 1966-67; LOC Print Ann.; PAFA Design Print & Watercolor Ann. Awards: four medals of honor, NAWA, 1964, 1966, 1968-69; Grand Prix, Salon Int. De Femme, Cannes, France, 1969; first prize, Norton Gal., Palm Beach, FL 1971-72.

Member: SAGA (council mem.); Audubon Artists (juror); NAWA (chmn. prints); Boston PM

Work: MMA; LOC; BM; PAFA; Dallas (TX) Mus.

Comments: Contribr.: Prize Winning Paintings; How to Win a Prize Winning Painting; & Prize Winning Watercolors.