Esther Gentle


Esther Gentle was a New [York City] sculptor, painter, printmaker, and gallery manager. Gentle ran an art reproductions business, Esther Gentle Reproductions, and a New York City art gallery. Her work is part of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art's permanent collection.
Gentle was the first American woman sculptor given a one-person show at the Musée d'Art Moderne [de la Ville de Paris|Musée d’Art Moderne] in Paris.
Esther Gentle and Abraham Rattner's papers were donated to the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Personal life

She married Abraham Rattner in 1949. She was the mother of Dr. Allen Leepa. In 1921, prior to her Rattner marriage, she gave birth to twins Herbert and Bernard Zipkin, by Harry Zipkin, a Brooklyn painter.

Exhibitions