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Sue Whitman Obituary
La Jolla Sue Whitman passed away on December 20, 2022 at the age of 105.
Born in Cleveland, OH, Sue studied at New York's Parsons School of Design and the Clarence White School of Photography. Continuing to pursue her art while raising a family in New York and Westport, CT, working with her journalist husband, Howard Whitman, and moving to Freeport, Grand Bahama, Sue eventually moved to Palm Beach, FL, becoming Public Relations Director of theNorton Museum of Art.
In 1987, she moved to La Jolla and joined the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, where she curated three exhibitions, was invited to participate in two recent shows, and served as president of the Board.
Sue continued to create paintings and collages all her life. She is noted as saying, "With creativity, there is no retirement age!"
One-man Exhibitions??
American House, New York?Sherwood Square Gallery, Westport, Conn.?Crown Colony Club, Chub Cay, Berry Islands?Underwater Explorer's Club, Freeport, Bahamas?International Gallery of Art, Freeport, Bahamas?James Hunt Barker Invitational Show, Palm Beach, Fl.?Burdine's, West Palm Beach, Fl. ?La Jolla Public Library?Two exhibitions at the Faculty Club, UCSD
Rotunda Gallery, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
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Enid Politzer
January 31, 2023
Sue was just about my first friend in La Jolla. She and my husband Bob Politzer grew up together in Cleveland. Sue immediately got me interested in The Athenaeum and it was an important part of my life after that. Sue and I also traveled together, taking several cruises. She was a mover and a shaker. Her art work is lovely and will be a living legacy to the Athenaeum, which she loved. She took great pride in her work. Even though we had lost touch in the last few years, I thought of her often with warm memories.
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