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Alice Mavrogordato (née Alice Blum; 1916–2000) was an Austrian-born American artist, and translator. She is known for her abstract oil paintings, and is associated with the Washington Color School movement.[2] She worked as a translator during the Nuremberg trials in the mid-1940s.

Alice Mavrogordato
Born	Alice Blum (1916-03-14)March 14, 1916[1] Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	October 20, 2000(2000-10-20) (aged 84)[1] Washington, D.C., U.S.
Other names	Alice Blum Mavrogordato
Occupation	painter, translator
Movement	Washington Color School, abstract art
Spouse(s)	Ralph S. Mavrogordato[1] (m. 1948–2000; death)

Early life

Her name at birth was Alice Blum, she was born on 14 March 1916 in Vienna, which at the time was part of Austria-Hungary.[3][1] Her mother was Friederike (née Grossman) and her father was Ludwig Blum.[1] At age 12, she took classes at the Vienna School of Applied Arts, with Franz Cižek.[1] She had studied textile design in Austria from 1930 to 1932, and worked as a knitwear designer.[2]

On March 12, 1938, the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany happened. In 1939, she left and moved to England, as a Jewish refugee.[2] In 1941 and 1942 during the beginning of World War II, she was interned at the Isle of Man.[2] After being released, she worked in London in a in a war production factory.[2] After World War II, she worked for the United States Army, as a translator during the Nuremberg trials for military war crimes.[2]

In 1948, she married Ralph S. Mavrogordato, an American soldier.[1]

Career

In 1951, she immigrated to Durham, North Carolina; followed by a move in 1953 to Washington, D.C.[2][4] Around 1954, she studied at the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts, under Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland.[2][1] Her first solo art exhibition was in 1958.[2] She was known for her oil paintings.[5]

She died of cancer on October 20, 2000 in Washington, D.C.[1] She left her art estate of more than 300 works to the Republic of Austria.[4]

Exhibitions

• 1995: Women in Exile, (group exhibition), Palais Pálffy, Vienna, Austria[4]
• 1979: (group exhibition), Plum Gallery, Kensington, Maryland[6]
• 1957: New Faces, (group exhibition), Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.[2]

References

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