Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth ROCKWELL [1475], [1476]
Birth12 Jun 1920, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA [92], [1477]
Death15 Jan 1998, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [92]
Occupation21 Aug 1943: Art Gallery Director [1477]
FatherWillard Frederick ROCKWELL (1888-1978)
MotherClara Whitcomb THAYER (1889-)
Spouses
1Orin Mayer RAPHAEL [650], [1224], [572], [573]
Birth30 Mar 1918 [92], [1472]
Death6 Dec 1995, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [1473], [92]
BurialAllegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA [1474]
FatherBenjamin RAPHAEL (1885-1963)
MotherRose Lillian LEES (1891-1980)
Marriage21 Aug 1943, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [1477]
ChildrenAlexandra
 Catherine
 Margaret (1948-2011)
Notes for Elizabeth ROCKWELL
In the 1940s her Downtown gallery Outlines brought the work of modern artists like Picasso, Paul Klee, and Alexander Calder to Pittsburgh for the first time. Then in the 1970s and 80s she built -- with blood and sweat -- the organization that is today's internationally known Society for Contemporary Craft.
Last Modified 15 Apr 2021Created 26 Apr 2021 by Miriam Alexander Baker