Landscape (1929): Art, History and Details

Landscape (1929) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Jolán Gross-Bettelheim (American, 1900–1972).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Gross-Bettelheim is best known for her prints of urban buildings and social commentary, but this early work features a more intimate setting. After attending art school in Europe, the artist moved to the United States to study at the Cleveland School of Art in 1927. While still a student, she submitted prints including this one to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s annual May Show, an annual showcase of contemporary regional art. Her accepted works included self-portraits, studies of interiors, and natural landscapes, likely inspired by teachers like Henry Keller.

Object facts

• Title: Landscape
• Date: 1929
• Creator attribution: Jolán Gross-Bettelheim (American, 1900–1972)
• Culture: America
• Type: Print
• Technique: drypoint
• Dimensions: Plate: 14 x 12.6 cm (5 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Drypoint
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1930.157

A detail from the museum

Jolán Gross-Bettelheim won third prize in the etching category for this work at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 12th May Show in 1930.

Collection credit

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

Further reading listed by the museum

• W. M. M. “Review of the Exhibition.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 5 (May 1930): 93, 105.
• Jolán Gross-Bettelheim Entry Card to 1930 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.

View the collection record

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