Biografie von Helen BELING (1914-2001)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: New Rochelle, NY

Profession: Sculptor, instructor

Studied: NAD, 1930-37, with C. Paul Jennewein, Paul Manship & Lee Lawrie; ASL , 1944-45, with William Zorach.

Exhibited: NAD, 1934 (med.), 1938 (med.), 1939-41; Franklin, Inst., Phila., 1939; Hudson Valley AA 1941 (prize); Arch. Lg., 1941; New Haven PCC, 1942; Audubon A., 1943, 1965 (med.); All. A. Am., 1944; New Rochelle AA, 1944 (prize), 1946 (prize); NAC, 1945, 1946; Westchester A. & Crafts Gld., 1945; P&S. Soc., NJ, 1946 (prize); PAFA, 1950-66; MMA Sculpture Exhib., 1951; Sculptors Guild Ann., 1954-71; WMAA, 1955; Univ. Ill., 1957; NAWA, 1958 (med.), 1968 (med.); Krasner Gallery, NYC, 1970s. Other award: Sabena Airline Int. Co., 1953.

Member: NAWA (chmn. sculpture jury, 1968-70); Hudson Valley A., Westchester A. & Crafts Gld.; New Rochelle AA. Sculptors Guild (pres., 1972); Fine Arts Fedn. (bd. dirs., 1972).

Work: Franklin Inst.; Butler Inst. Am. Art, Youngstown, OH; Syracuse Univ. Mus., NY; Norfolk Mus. Arts & Sci., Va.; St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY; TV Mus. Art & Sci., New York. Commissions: "Eternal Light" (brass), Jewish Community Ctr., White Plains, NY, 1957; Menorah (bronze), Temple Israel, Waterbury, Conn., 1959; "Eternal Light" (bronze), Temple B'nai Jacob, Woodbridge, Conn., 1961; Candelabra Room (ceramic), Pleasant Valley Home, West Orange, NJ, 1962; "Exodus" (wall relief), Temple Emanu-el, Yonkers, NY, 1966.

Comments: Preferred media: reinforced fiber glass, bronze. Teaching: instr. sculpture, Westchester Art Workshop, White Plains, 1950-66; instr. sculpture, Col. New Rochelle, 1970-71.

Sources: WW73; WW47.