Vera Neumann – Own Your Encore

Vera Neumann Inspiration

Americans are likely familiar with the name Martha Stewart … But they might not recognize the name Vera Neumann a woman who was arguably an equivalent as one of the most successful female design entrepreneurs of the last century Elle decor ELLE decor ‘Vera Paints a Scarf’ exhibit Here at Color Week 28 I like to […]

MSRitzman

July 21, 2021

Sketching

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Vera Neumann Geometrics

Vera was encouraged to be artistic. Her father would pay her fifty cents to fill a sketchbook! She went to Cooper-Union and the Traphagen School of Design and gravitated toward textile design. Design Sponge Color Week 27 and we are exploring the ‘geometrics’ of Vera scarves. Vera used bold color and what better way to […]

MSRitzman

July 14, 2021

Sketching

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Vera Neumann Inspired

For the month of July my weekly color posting will be inspired by Vera Neumann. She was simply known as Vera, her iconic name was on all her boldly-colored scarves and cheery home furnishings. You could often tell it was a Vera before seeing the name. There are many online sources for her history & […]

MSRitzman

July 6, 2021

Sketching

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