Edith Hope Talbert was a resident of Highland Beach, Florida; Lenox, Massachusetts; and Rockville Centre, New York, where she had a warm loving home for 45 years.
Edith was born March 4, 1927 in New York City. She was the daughter of Sonia Rosenblatt Jackson of NYC and Harry Hoffman Jackson, London, UK. Edith grew up in Lawrence, New York, and Miami Beach, Florida. After graduating from Lawrence High school, she attended Pratt Institute, where she studied Industrial Design, and Art History at Columbia University. She taught dance at Arthur Murray Dance Studios while also attending The Art Students League Of New York and Hans Hofmann “Friday Critique” at his school in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Edith and her future husband Alfred A. Talbert met skiing in the Berkshires. They enjoyed many trips as a couple to Gloucester and Rockport, where Edith painted “Motif Number 1” and her beloved natural scenery.
Edith was a pioneer and trailblazer, and one of the first successful female art gallery owners in New York City, with a gallery on Madison Avenue and 93rd Street. She started Emerging Arts Gallery in the 1960s and Colorama Art Galeries in the 1970s. Known as a great dame and fierce businesswoman, she was a ferocious reader and a gifted artist in her own right. She enjoyed traveling throughout the world and purchasing art for her galleries.
Edith is survived by her daughter Hope Candace Talbert of Lenox, Massachusetts, her son Richard Harrison Talbert of NYC, her granddaughter Courtney Paige Smith and husband Sergeant Michael Smith of Lenox; and her great-granddaughter Carmela Hope Smith.
The family truly thanks HospiceCare in the Berkshires for helping Edith manage her pain in the last nine days of her life.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, in memory of Edith Hope Talbert: Gumbo Limbo Coastal Stewards, 5301 South Federal Hwy., Suite 245, Boca Raton, FL 33486. (On exterior of envelope, please write: Attn: Lara).
