Esther Blanke

First Name Esther
Maiden Name Blanke
Surname Blanke
Birth Date February 2, 1882
Birth Place Chicago, Illinois
Death Date 1978
Death Place Evanston, Illinois
Studio Location(s) 120 Steinway Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Categories Crafts, Designer, Metalworker, Painter, Watercolorist
Training School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
London, England
Milan, Spain
Munich, Germany
Italy
Exhibitions History 1915: Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, California

January 8-February 8, 1918: First Exhibit of Work by the Alumni of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; desk set, painted wood; and frame of designs, pen and ink

1919: 17^th annual exhibition of applied arts, AIC, Municipal Art League prize for wool embroidery

March 8-April 5, 1921: Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of Applied Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; embroidered pillow top
Memberships Artists' Guild of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Cordon Club, Chicago, Illinois

1917: National Association of Artists and Crafts Workers, Chicago, Illinois
Awards 1919: Municipal Art League prize, 17^th annual exhibition of applied arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: wool embroidery
Other Occupation(s) 1916: taught drawing in Harvey
Biography daughter of George F. Blanke, a noted Superior Court judge, and Marie Antonette Blanke; sister of Marie Elsa Blanke