Esther Shemitz
20th-Century American painter and illustrator · United States · Lived 1900 to 1986 · aged 86
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Something wrong?Esther Shemitz, also known as "Esther Chambers" and "Mrs. Whittaker Chambers," was a pacifist American painter and illustrator who, as wife of ex-Soviet spy Whittaker Chambers, provided testimony that "helped substantiate" her husband's allegations during the Hiss Case.
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Lusk Committee raids Rand School summer 1919, while Shemitz was a student there
Art Students League (2009), where Shemitz studied in the mid-1920s
United Workers Cooperatives, where Shemitz and fellow John Reed Club artists exhibited in 1929
Reuben Shemitz (Dec 1948), Shemitz's older brother
Foley Square in 2014 in New York City, site of grand jury and trials in the Hiss Case.
Whittaker Chambers (c. 1948), Shemitz's husbandIn their orbit
Spouse: Whittaker ChambersAbout this person
Country
United States
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1986 · aged 86
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