Korach, Mimi

LC control no.	n 50043980
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Korach, Mimi *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Korach, Mimi, 1922-2018 Lesser, Mimi Korach, 1922-2018
Associated country	United States
Located	Milford (Conn.) New York (N.Y.) Mamaroneck (N.Y.) Boca Raton (Fla.)
Birth date	1922-04-22
Death date	2018-04-11
Place of birth	Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of death	Boca Raton (Fla.)
Field of activity	Street art Watercolor painting
Affiliation	Yale University. School of Fine Arts United Service Organizations (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Illustrators Artists Self-employed
Found in	Carmer, E. (Black). Mike Fink and the big turkey shoot, 1965. Marquis Who's Who, WWW, Jan. 13, 2011 (b. 1922, Mamaroneck, NY) Obituary, New York Times, search via Legacy.com, Nov. 2, 2021 (Mimi Korach Lesser, of Boca Raton, Fla., and formerly of Mamaroneck, N.Y., passed away on April 11, 2018 at age 95; born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on April 22, 1922; lived in Milford, Conn.; artist; entered Yale School of Fine Arts in 1939; joined the USO in 1944 where she sketched hundreds of servicemen and documented the destruction the war had wrought in Europe; returned to New York City in 1945 and became a freelance illustrator and street artist; from 1945 to 1970 she was an illustrator of books and covers for The Atlantic, Harpers, and the Heritage Book Club; in 1951, Mimi married Bert Lesser and settled in Mamaroneck, N.Y., where they raised their family; many of her original watercolors are archived at Brown University and on The Library of Congress Veterans Project website) <https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/mimi-lesser-obituary?id=12706418> Mimi Lesser collection (AFC2001/001/11904), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress : (Mimi Lesser, b. 04-25-1922; New York, New York; War or Conflict: World War II; Status: Civilian; Dates of Service: 1944-1947; Branch/Unit of Service: United Service Organizations.)