American painter and print maker(1934 – 2018)
Gloria Rosenthal Plevin (born July 25, 1934) is an American painter and print-maker living and working in Northeast Ohio. She works in watercolors, pastels, acrylics and monoprints and is best known for her realistic renderings.
Biography.
Plevin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 25, 1934. She was raised in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and graduated from Washington Irving High School in 1952. She received an associate degree from Ohio University in 1954. When she was thirty years old with young children at home, she began pursuing a painting career. At a time when the art world was favoring abstract expressionism and geometric expression, Plevin stayed true to her realistic style. Her need for technical information and experience with materials and tools of art, led her to classes at the Cooper School of Art, and the Cleveland Institute of Art. Thelma Frazier Winter and Moe Brooker were among her teachers.
Plevin first received public recognition of her work in 1973 when she received the "Helen Logan Award" for Traditional Painting for her father-in-law's portrait in the Chautauqua National Juried Show. In 1985, she opened her own gallery in Chautauqua, New York.
Over time, Plevin's content moved from portraits and still-life to gardens and landscapes. 
Her first museum-curated show was held in 1993 at the Butler Institute of American Art, then located in Salem, Ohio. In 1999, Plevin received the Governor's Award from the Ohio Arts Council.