Olga Mandelbaum Ackerman -California -Impressionist Oil Sketch Girl Reading 1901

    Offered here is a rare original painting by California artist Olga Mandelbaum Ackerman, circa 1900.  Painting is oil on canvas and measures 14 x 18 inches.  Painting is signed indistinctly at upper left and inscribed "An hour sketch for Alin".  Frame is later with overall size of ~20 x 24 inches.  Signature is near impossible to read, but was clear enough at one time, that someone added the transcription to stretcher.

Painting is in very good condition.

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Olga Mandelbaum Ackerman (1865-1913)

Olga Ackerman was born in San Francisco, CA on April 5, 1865. She studied art locally at the School of Design under Virgil Williams. After her marriage she had a studio in her home at 3222 Jackson Street where she painted portraits and did plaster bas reliefs of friends and family members.

A lifelong resident of her native city, she died on Nov. 5, 1913.

Exhibitions:
Mark Hopkins Institute 1898, April 1906
San Francisco Art Association, 1904
Sketch Club (SF), 1906-09
Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915
Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939
San Francisco Art Association Artists & Teachers Exhibition
California Historical Society,1971

Collection:
California Historical Society