Louise Kramer

{{Short description|American artist (1923–2020)}}

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| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

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| nationality = American

| known_for = Printmaking
Drawing
Sculpture

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Louise Kramer (December 5, 1923 – April 7, 2020) was an American artist who was known for working in a wide range of media, from printmaking to drawing, sculpture, and site-specific installation.

She was one of the founding members of the New York all-women cooperative, A.I.R. Gallery, in 1972.Joan M. Marter (ed.) [https://books.google.com/books?id=sPGdBxzaWj0C&q=%22Artists+in+Residence%22&pg=PA151 The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, Volume I], Oxford University Press (2010), page 151. {{ISBN|978-0-19-973926-4}}.

Kramer has had solo shows at CUNY Graduate Center, May Museum, A.I.R. Gallery, B.J. Spoke Gallery, Central Hall Gallery, and Nassau County Museum of Fine Art. Her work has been included in numerous group shows including the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, S.F. MoMA, and the Jewish Museum.{{cite web|url=http://airgallery.org/artists/louise-kramer/ |title=Louise Kramer |publisher=A.I.R. Gallery |date= |access-date=September 23, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/printmakingnewfo00whit/printmakingnewfo00whit_djvu.txt |title=Print making, new forms. |publisher=Whitney Museum of American Art |date= |access-date=September 23, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/exhibitions/806/National_Print_Exhibition_18th_Biennial/set/9aa783bd2b7a4d2272d1e7d8375abe84?referring-q=national+print+exhibition |title=National Print Exhibition, 18th Biennial |publisher=Brooklyn Museum |date= |access-date=September 23, 2014}}

Her work is held in public collections including Smithsonian American Art Museum,{{cite web|url=http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=13979 |title=Untitled, from the A.I.R. Print Portfolio |publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum |date= |access-date=April 22, 2020}} Nassau Community College, Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Oberlin College Gallery (Oberlin, OH), CUNY Graduate Center (New York, NY) and University of Iowa Museum of Art.

Kramer has been reviewed in "The New York Times", "New York Times Magazine", "New York Magazine", "Artforum", "Art News", "The Village Voice", "Newsday", "Bridge Magazine", and "Arts Magazine".{{cite web |url=http://www.karrstudio.com/glossary/louise-kramer/ |title=Louise Kramer |publisher=Karr Studio |date= |access-date=November 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141125165959/http://www.karrstudio.com/glossary/louise-kramer/ |archive-date=November 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }} She has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts-CAPS.{{cite web|url=http://airgallery.org/artists/louise-kramer/#0_1 |title=Louise Kramer, Bio |publisher=A.I.R. Gallery |date= |access-date=November 25, 2014}}

Venues/organizations: A.I.R. Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Nassau Community College, Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, CUNY Graduate Center, University of Iowa Museum of Art.