Hedda Sterne

Hedda Sterne
Hedda Sterne 1947 photograph by Margaret Bourke-White
Born
Hedwig Lindenberg

(1910-08-04)August 4, 1910
DiedApril 8, 2011(2011-04-08) (aged 100)
Known forPainting, drawing, printmaking, collage
Notable workNew York VII (1954); Machine 5 (1950); Third Avenue El (1952–53); New York, N.Y., 1955 (1955); New York (1956); Alaska I (1958)
MovementSurrealism and Abstract Expressionism
Spouses
Friederich Stern
(m. 1932; div. 1944)
    (m. 1944; sep. 1960)

    Hedda Sterne (August 4, 1910 – April 8, 2011) was a Romanian-born American artist who was an active member of the New York School of painters. Her work is often associated with Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism. She was also the only woman to appear in the famous photograph of abstract expressionist artists dubbed "The Irascibles", although the group included other women.