Blanche Ostertag

Blanche Adele Ostertag (August 27, 1872 – November 13, 1915) was an American decorative artist. She is best remembered for her decorative painting and delight in children as subjects. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she first studied for one month at the St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts in 1892 and then moved to Paris. At the Académie Julian, she was a pupil of Rodolphe Julian, Jean-Paul Laurens, Constant, and also studied with Raphael Collin, Léon-Augustin Lhermitte, and Delance. Her awards include the Revell prize, for school room decoration, St. Louis. Her work includes mural decorations: "Sailing of the Claremont," New Amsterdam Theatre, New York; "Old Indian Fort," Northwestern Railway Station, Green Bay, Wisconsin; "Everlasting Covenant" (5 panels), "The Songs of David" (3 panels), and mosaics, Husser House, Chicago; Illustrations for "Old Songs for Young America." She exhibited in Champ de Mars Salons (1895, 1896) and was a member of the Society of Western Artists. Provided by Wikipedia