Minna Citron

Minna Citron was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1896. As a married mother of two she decided to take up painting first, studying with Benjamin Kopmat at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences before going to the New York School of Applied Design, and finally the Arts Students League in 1928. There she studied with Kenneth Hayes Miller. Her fellow students and friends included Reginald Marsh, Rafael Soyer and Isabel Bishop.

Citron learned printmaking during the early 1930's and expanded her study of the process under Stanly William Hayter at Atelier 17 in New York City later in the decade. She was also involved with the WPA, Federal Art Project in New York City.

Her work was extensively exhibited in during her lifetime and she is in the collections of many prominent museums.