Charlotte Kudlich Lermont (1904 – 1989)

Untitled (perhaps New Jersey Factories), c. 1940s, oil on board, signed lower left, 24 x 28 inches, perhaps exhibited Fifty-First Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, American Fine Art Galleries, New York, NY, April 4 – 24, 1943, no. 307, presented in its original frame

$5500

Charlotte Kuclich Lermont was a New York-based American Scene painter who mainly worked during the 1930s and 1940s. She was a graduate of Smith College and exhibited nationally during the WPA Era and immediate post-war period. She had a well-reviewed solo exhibition at New York’s Pen and Brush Club in 1937, the same year she won first prize at that venue. Lermont was a frequent contributor to the annual shows of the National Association of Women Artists as early as 1933 and continued showing with the group through the 1940s. She also exhibited at New York’s Artist’s Gallery, where her entries were praised by New York Times critic Howard Devree. In 1938, the American Federation of the Arts included her work in a traveling exhibition which toured the country, including to museums in Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Lermont exhibited at the Smith College Club and was selected for exhibitions at the American British Art Center and American Art Today building at the New York World’s Fair in 1940.  Her memberships included the Kent Art Association, Allied Artists of America, and Studio Guild of New York. She is listed in Who Was Who in American Art and other standard references.