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Nura Ulreich Art

American, 1899-1950
Nora Woodson Ulreich was born in 1899 in Kansas City, Missouri, and was known professionally as “Nura.” She was a painter, printmaker, author, and illustrator, particularly of children’s books. Ulreich studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and the Art Students League in New York. She also studied in Paris where she met her Hungarian-born husband, fellow artist Eduard Buk Ulreich, and first exhibited at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in 1926. Her style was a studied but naïve form of modernism and she often portrayed seemingly innocent views of children and their pets. Nura was a strong believer in Christian Science and sometimes included spiritual motifs in her whimsical pieces with an Art Deco-inspired palette. Nura frequently collaborated with Edward and their combined works often use the moniker “Bukannura.” In 1927, their work was exhibited at the Dudensing Gallery on 57th Street in New York. Eduard was also a muralist who completed commissions for the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts between 1937 and 1940. Both Nura and Eduard are listed in Who Was Who in American Art and all other standard references.
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Artist: Nura Ulreich
'After School', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, PAFA
'After School', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, PAFA

'After School', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, PAFA

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right, 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) and painted circa 1935. This early twentieth-century painter, lithographer, muralist, author, poet and ill...

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1930s Art Deco Nura Ulreich Art

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Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pen, Pencil

'Age 9', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, Corcoran
'Age 9', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, Corcoran

'Age 9', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, Corcoran

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Painted by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) as a full-page illustration for the book 'The Buttermilk Tree', unsigned and dated circa 1935. A rare example of a fully-develop...

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1930s Nura Ulreich Art

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Gouache, Illustration Board, Pen, Pencil

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne,  New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne,  New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City address and titled, 'When Guest Stay...

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1920s Surrealist Nura Ulreich Art

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Oil, Illustration Board

'David, Walter & Blake', Woman Artist, Art Deco, Children, Walker Art Center
'David, Walter & Blake', Woman Artist, Art Deco, Children, Walker Art Center

'David, Walter & Blake', Woman Artist, Art Deco, Children, Walker Art Center

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

A stone lithograph titled 'David, Walter and Blake' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950), created in 1943 and with certification of authenticity stamped verso. A crisp and f...

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1940s Nura Ulreich Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Were I a Great Lady, Portrait of Young Girl, Oil on Board, Signed, 1927
Were I a Great Lady, Portrait of Young Girl, Oil on Board, Signed, 1927

Were I a Great Lady, Portrait of Young Girl, Oil on Board, Signed, 1927

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Beachwood, OH

Nura Woodson Ulreich (American 1899-1950) Were I a Great Lady, 1927 Oil on board Signed lower left, inscribed and dated verso 11.25 in. h. X 9.75 in. w., board 17.75 in. h. X 16 in. ...

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1920s Nura Ulreich Art

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Art Deco - Surreal  Baby Among the Stars in a Theater
Art Deco - Surreal  Baby Among the Stars in a Theater

Art Deco - Surreal Baby Among the Stars in a Theater

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Miami, FL

In most of Nora's work, she combines realism and fantasy. Here, the viewer's position is the back of a theater. In front, there are four raised hands, cheering a monumental image of a sleeping wrapped infant resting on a crescent moon and surrounded by two stars. The infant is floating above the seats and centered in the middle theater curtain...

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1920s Surrealist Nura Ulreich Art

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Lithograph, Monotype

'Childhood', Paris, Salon d'Automne,  New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
'Childhood', Paris, Salon d'Automne,  New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco

'Childhood', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Titled, verso, 'Childhood', signed with artist's Paris address and dated 1926. This early twentieth-century...

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1920s Surrealist Nura Ulreich Art

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Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

'Young Woman with Doves', AIC, Salon d'Automne, Paris, Art Deco
'Young Woman with Doves', AIC, Salon d'Automne, Paris, Art Deco

'Young Woman with Doves', AIC, Salon d'Automne, Paris, Art Deco

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

'Young Woman with Doves' by Nura Ulreich. Art Institute of Chicago, Salon d'Automne, Paris, Art Deco ----- Signed verso 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950) and pai...

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1930s Nura Ulreich Art

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Oil, Illustration Board

Comes June (Surrealist Bride painting)
Comes June (Surrealist Bride painting)

Comes June (Surrealist Bride painting)

By Nura Ulreich

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Nura Ulreich (1899-1950). June Comes, ca. 1935. Oil on sized panel. 24 x 30 inches; 26 x 32 inches framed. Metal leaf over wormy chestnut custom frame. Ex...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Nura Ulreich Art

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Kitten and Pet   (Woman Artist, Modernism, New York, framed, art deco, cat)

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