Volume 19 - Number 2 - September 2012
Pages: 127 - 247
Elovitz, P. H. (2012). Remembering Mary Lambert (1920-2012) [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(2), 239.
Remembering Mary Lambert (1920-2012)
Intro
On April 22, 2012, after many years of ill health, Mary Lambert died in her home. She was known to most members of the Psychohistory Forum as the gracious hostess of many of our meetings in her elegant apartment on the 32nd floor at 190 East 72nd Street in Manhattan. Colleagues appreciated her warm reception and were dazzled by the magnificent view of Central Park, the East River, and the city skyline. Their eyes would turn to the signed etchings by Miro, Signac, Marini, Sonja Delaunay, Renoir, Rouault (etching and aquatint); oils by Arthur Segal, Delle Site; and engravings by Jacques Villon of paintings by Vlaminck and Othon Friesz (a few were copies). Some paintings were by her daughter, the artist Elizabeth “Liz” Lambert. Personally, I treasured Mary’s friendship, clear judgment, and wise counsel. She was also an active member of the Forum’s Autobiography and Biography Research Group.
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On April 22, 2012, after many years of ill health, Mary Lambert died in her home. She was known to most members of the Psychohistory Forum as the gracious hostess of many of our meetings in her elegant apartment on the 32nd floor at 190 East 72nd Street in Manhattan. Colleagues appreciated her warm reception and were dazzled by the magnificent view of Central Park, the East River, and the city skyline. Their eyes would turn to the signed etchings by Miro, Signac, Marini, Sonja Delaunay, Renoir, Rouault (etching and aquatint); oils by Arthur Segal, Delle Site; and engravings by Jacques Villon of paintings by Vlaminck and Othon Friesz (a few were copies). Some paintings were by her daughter, the artist Elizabeth “Liz” Lambert. Personally, I treasured Mary’s friendship, clear judgment, and wise counsel. She was also an active member of the Forum’s Autobiography and Biography Research Group.
Mary Grosslight was born on August 16, 1920 in Vienna to Jewish parents who moved to New York City in 1925. In 1940 she married George Lambert, a businessman and fine cellist who had escaped from Nazi-occupied Austria in 1939. They raised their two sons and daughter in Larchmont, New York, before moving back to Manhattan in 1964 where she eventually pursued her own education. She graduated with honors from New York University, took a MSW at Hunter University, trained in psychoanalysis at the Westchester Institute, and maintained a private psychoanalytic practice. The death of her husband George in 1994 was a terrible blow. For her own pleasure she wrote poetry and on one occasion, an article for Clio’s Psyche.
Mary Lambert is survived by her children, one grandchild, three great-grandchildren, and many friends and colleagues.
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How to cite this article
Elovitz, P. H. (2012). Remembering Mary Lambert (1920-2012) [Memorial]. Clio’s Psyche, 19(2), 239.
