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Esther Gentle

Esther Gentle Rattner
Born Esther Gentle
1899 (1899)
Brooklyn, New York
Died 1991 (aged 91–92)
Nationality American
Education Art Students League in New York City,
Known for Sculpture
Spouse(s) Abraham Rattner (m. 1949–78)

Esther Gentle (1899 – 1991) was a New York City sculptor, painter, printmaker, and gallery manager. She became Abraham Rattner's second wife in 1949. 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. She is the mother of Dr. Allen Leepa.

Gentle was the first American woman sculptor given a one-person show at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris.



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