Esther Gentle

Esther Gentle Rattner
Born
Esther Gentle

1899 (1899)
Brooklyn, New York
Died1991 (aged 9192)
NationalityAmerican
Known forSculpture
Spouse
Abraham Rattner
(m. 19491978)

Esther Gentle (1899 1991) was a New York City sculptor, painter, printmaker, and gallery manager. Gentle ran an art reproductions business, Esther Gentle Reproductions, and a New York City art gallery. Her work is part of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art's permanent collection.

Gentle was the first American woman sculptor given a one-person show at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris.

Esther Gentle and Abraham Rattner's papers were donated to the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.