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for Jean Liberte
1896 - 1965
Jean Liberte arrived in the United States in 1900. He attended PS 83 in East Harlem, and worked odd jobs as errand boy, stock boy and assistant bookkeeper. He graduated from Cooper Union in 1916 that he had attended at night. He also studied at the Art Students League with Miller and at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, and privately with David Karfunkel. He worked as a doorman for the Pirates Den in Greenwich Village in the 1920s and later made frames for artists.
In 1934 he was a guest at Yaddo in Saratogo Springs, NY where he worked for two years, which was his first opportunity to work full time as an artist. In 1935 he had his firt one man show at the Dorothy Paris Gallery, and another in 1944 at the Babcock Gallery. He taught at the Art Students League from 1945 until his death.
Liberte was a painter of landscapes, seascapes and night scenes. He was an authority on casein painting and did restoration work on old master paintings. He painted summers along the coast of Maine. He was married to Ruth Kagan-Cohen.
Liberte was made an academician posthumously; therefore there is no diploma work by him in the NAD collection.
In 1934 he was a guest at Yaddo in Saratogo Springs, NY where he worked for two years, which was his first opportunity to work full time as an artist. In 1935 he had his firt one man show at the Dorothy Paris Gallery, and another in 1944 at the Babcock Gallery. He taught at the Art Students League from 1945 until his death.
Liberte was a painter of landscapes, seascapes and night scenes. He was an authority on casein painting and did restoration work on old master paintings. He painted summers along the coast of Maine. He was married to Ruth Kagan-Cohen.
Liberte was made an academician posthumously; therefore there is no diploma work by him in the NAD collection.
