Minna Wright Citron (Oct.r 15, 1896-Dec. 23, 1991) was an American painter and printmaker. Her early prints focus on the role of women, sometimes in a satirical manner, in a style known as urban realism. Minna Wright was born in Newark, New Jersey, the youngest of 5 children. As a young mother she attended the School of Applied Design for Women and Art Students League of New York. She had her first solo exhibit in 1930, at the New School for Social Research. In 1934 she moved to Union Square, NY, where she associated with artists including Isabel Bishop, Reginald Marsh and Raphael Soyer. Like Isabel Bishop, Citron created genre scenes of Union Square and was part of the 14th Street School. Her work was also influenced by that of artist Honoré Daumier. This group of artists can best be described as urban realists. She worked as an art teacher and mural artist as a part of the Federal Art Project. Her work includes the oil on canvas murals titled Horse Swapping in the Manchester, TN post office and TVA Power in the Newport, TN post office, commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, and completed in the early 1940s. Soon after World War II she travelled abroad to Paris. Her later work was more abstract; she developed methods for 3-dimensional printmaking and assemblage. A 1960 solo exhibit in Zagreb was the first time an American artist had mounted such a show in Yugoslavia. In the 1970s (when she was in her 70s), she strongly identified with the women's movement because she believed that she had always been a feminist. She continued to work well into her 90s. In 1985 she received the Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award. Minna Wright married Henry Citron, a businessman; they had 2 sons, Casper and Thomas, before their divorce in 1935. She had a longtime relationship with lawyer and philanthropist Arthur B. Brenner; their shared interest in psychoanalysis was an influence on Citron's work. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minna_Citron) undefined

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