Thanks to Edith Stein (’53) and her husband, Martin, who made Baruch’s Mishkin Gallery exhibition Theresa Bernstein: A Century in Art possible. The show, with art drawn entirely from the Steins’ private collection, ran concurrently at Baruch and the CUNY Graduate Center last winter. “My husband and I spent very little time with Theresa, so we really did not get to know her very well,” said Mrs. Stein. “The most gratifying part of the exhibition experience for us was the chance [at the symposium] to meet the artist’s close friends and relatives. . . . She was so prolific; I am sure that her paintings are in homes unaware of her background and talent.” The two-gallery exhibition brought the art of Theresa Bernstein (1890–2002) to new audiences throughout the city.
Photo by Jerry Speier