Berta Margoulies

Born in Poland, Berta Margoulies’s family immigrated to Belgium and then to the United States to escape antisemitic persecution during World War I. Margoulies studied with Edward McCartan at the Art Students League in New York City, and later won the 1928 Gardner Foundation Award to study in Paris. Throughout her career, her style became increasingly abstract, although it always maintained figurative elements. Today, her work can be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Des Moines Art Center.