Posever, Zena (1911-2012)

Name:

Posever, Zena (1911-2012)

Title:

Stimson Prize for life study in sculpture
Emlen Cresson Fellowship Award

Other Names:

Posever, Zena Goldin

Born:

01/17/1911

Birthplace:

Korop, Ukraine

Died:

07/15/2012

Death Location:

Chevy Chase, MD

Residence:

Korop, Ukraine
Philadelphia, PA
Miami Beach, FL
Memphis, TN
Winthrop, MA
Chevy Chase, MD

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Artist
Art teacher

Father:

Goldin, Solomon

Spouse:

Posever, Felix

Children:

Verna Posever Curtis

Notes:

Zena Goldin Posever was a painter, sculptor, and art teacher. She was born in Korop, Ukraine, and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1915 to join her father, Solomon Goldin, a watchmaker. She was active in the labor movement in Pennsylvania during the Depression and designed marionettes for the WPA Federal Theatre Project. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1939-1942. She had studios in Miami Beach, FL, and Winthrop, MA, in the 1950s. While in Winthrop, she traveled in Hillsborough and Sullivan Counties, NH, including a stay in Washington, NH, in the summer of 1957. She returned to her studio in Miami Beach in 1958.