Ethel Wirtshafter

Artist Details

• First Name Ethel
• Middle Name Louise
• Maiden Name Kopp
• Surname Wirtshafter
• Spouse’s Full Name Dr. David Wirtshafter podiatrist; married after 1945
• Names and Birth Years of Children David Wirtshafter (Ph.D.)
• Birth Date August 7, 1909
• Birth Place Chicago, Illinois
• Death Date February 2, 2009
• Death Place Glenview, Illinois
• Residence(s) 9758 S. Vanderpoel Ave., Chicago, Illinois
  
  after 1945-?: Beverly, Illinois
• Active In 1931-1935: Pacific Northwest
  
  1935-?: Chicago, Illinois
• Categories Batik, Painter-Oil, Photographer, Printmaker, Watercolorist
• Training 1931: graduated Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; B.A. Speech
  after 1945: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  after 1945: The University of Chicago, Illinois
  
• Relevant Travel Yugoslavia
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History The Vanderpoel Art Association, Chicago, Illinois
  
  2001: The Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, “The Art of Ethel Wirtshafter, A Solo Exhibition,”
  
  2003: Lifetime Achievement Exhibit at The Walker Branch of the Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Illinois
• Collections Ferry Hall Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois
  
  The Vanderpoel Art Association, Beverly, Illinois
  
  The Beverly Arts Center, Beverly, Illinois
  
  The Church of the Holy Nativity, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Chesterfield Bank, Chicago, Illinois
  
  The Beverly Bank, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Private collections in Chicago, New York, Kansas, Florida and Washington D.C.
• Memberships The Beverly Arts Center, Board Member
  
  The Vanderpoel Art Association; Board Trustee and Director of the Art School
  
  The National League of American Pen Women
• Awards 2003: lifetime commitment to the arts, Beverly/Morgan Park, communities
• Other Occupation(s) 1931-?: teacher, Campfire Girls Camp Sealth, Vashon Island, Washington
  
  teacher, Camp Namanu, Bull Run, Oregon
  
  teacher, Ferry Hall Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois
  
  Art, Drama and Yoga Teacher
  
  late 1930s-1950: Photographer with Harry Johnson Studios
• Biography Parents:  Emil and Linda Kopp, Jr.
  
  Siblings:  1 sister
  
  raised in Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois
  
  Artist Marguerite Kreutzberg, (1881-1973) was aunt by marriage to maternal uncle, Otto Kreutzberg