Dorothy Kurgans Goldberg

Dorothy Kurgans Goldberg (August 1, 1908 – February 13, 1988) was an American artist and writer. Early life and education Dorothy Kurgans was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Louis and Esther Feldman Kurgans. Her father was in the garment industry. She studied art and art education at the University of Chicago and the Art Institute of Chicago, and completed doctoral studies at the University of Chicago in 1932. Career Goldberg exhibited her paintings, taught art, co-founded the Associated Artists Gallery in Washington, D.C., and supported community art programs in New York and Washington. While her husband was ambassador to the United Nations, she chose the art they displayed in the twelve-story United States Mission headquarters in New York. Books by Goldberg included The Creative Woman (1963), A Private View of Public Life (a memoir, 1975), Lola and the Moving Stairs (a children's book), and Sculpture in the Round (1989, poems, published posthumously).