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'''Elizabeth Zodiag Friedenberg''', known as '''Betty Friedenberg''' (December 1, 1908 &ndash; May 9, 1997),<ref>[[Lane Crockett]], "Artist Friedenberg dies, ''The Shreveport Times,'' May 10, 1997.</ref> was an abstract impressionist painter from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. She taught art from 1952 to 1983,'' Centenary College of Louisiana. She encouraged her students to be creative and to learn by experimenting.

'''Elizabeth Zodiag Friedenberg''', known as '''Betty Friedenberg''' (December 1, 1908 &ndash; May 9, 1997),<ref>[[Lane Crockett]], "Artist Friedenberg dies, ''The Shreveport Times,'' May 10, 1997.</ref> was an abstract impressionist painter from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. She taught art from 1952 to 1983, at her ''alma mater,'' Centenary College of Louisiana. She encouraged her students to be creative and to learn by experimenting.

Born in [[New York City]] to Edgar M. and Rai Z. Friedenberg, she moved with her family to Shreveport, where she joined colleagues in the Shreveport Art Club. These artists were seeking art students to instruct and opportunities to exhibit their works.   Miss Friedenberg obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in from Centenary and her Master of Arts in 1957 from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, [[Texas]]. She also studied for several summers at the Art Students League in New York and at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca, New York.<ref name=nlh>William  McCleary,                              "Remembering Elizabeth Z. Friedenberg," ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' Summer-Fall 2019, pp. 103-111.</ref>

Born in [[New York City]] to Edgar M. and Rai Zodiag Friedenberg, she moved with her family to Shreveport, where she joined colleagues in the Shreveport Art Club. These artists were seeking art students to instruct and opportunities to exhibit their works. Miss Friedenberg obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in from Centenary and her Master of Arts in 1957 from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, [[Texas]]. She also studied for several summers at the Art Students League in New York and at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca, New York.<ref name=nlh>William  McCleary,                              "Remembering Elizabeth Z. Friedenberg," ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' Summer-Fall 2019, pp. 103-111.</ref>

As a beginning artist, Friedenberg was a "regionalist": "I have always loved the South, and I wanted to capture the Old South on canvas. I caricatured blacks a bit, but it was not meant as disrespect. I just wanted to paint the South I remembered growing up."<ref>David Connelly, "Artist Friedenberg leaves her job as teacher behind with regrets," ''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' September 11, 1983, p. 6B.</ref>

As a beginning artist, Friedenberg was a "regionalist": "I have always loved the South, and I wanted to capture the Old South on canvas. I caricatured blacks a bit, but it was not meant as disrespect. I just wanted to paint the South I remembered growing up."<ref>David Connelly, "Artist Friedenberg leaves her job as teacher behind with regrets," ''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' September 11, 1983, p. 6B.</ref>