biography
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Lipman, Jean
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née Herzberg
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| female
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| lived:
| (1909– )
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| biography:
| Folk art collector and writer, born in New York City, New York, USA. She studied at Wellesley and New York University. She worked for Art in America, a magazine devoted to the decorative arts. She and her husband, Howard Lipman, purchased the magazine and she became editor-in-chief (1941–71). As husband and wife they amassed several major folk art collections, while maintaining homes in Wilton, CT, New York City, and Arizona. She became a trustee emeritus of the Museum of American Folk Art, and wrote and co-authored many books, notably The Flowering of American Folk Art (1974, with Alice Winchester). |
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