Shoshannah (Susanna) Siporin Hoffman (American, 1921-1989). SPIN A TALE. Oil on masonite panel. Signed, "Shoshana," lower left, and with the title and the artist's name and address on the paper backing of the frame, verso. 16 x 12 inches (panel), 20 x 16 inches (frame). In very good condittion.Siporin was born in Detroit, MI in 1921. Her brother was the painter Mitchell Siporin. She used the names Susanna Siporin and just “Shoshannah”. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with artists Boris Anisfeld and Seymour Rosofsky. She had an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago and in 1940, was a founding member of the American Jewish Art Club. Her work is in the collection of the Illinois State Museum. She died in Evanston, IL in 1989.
