Theresa Bernstein was born in Poland in 1890 and came to the United States with her parents as a child. She was a student at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women and enrolled at the Art Students League in New York City. At the age of 22 she moved to Manhattan where she would live and paint for the rest of her life. She was a member National Association of Women Artists and the North Shore Art Association. Bernstein's paintings were exhibited nationally, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian. She created a mural for the Manheim, PA post office through a WPA grant in 1938. She passed away 17 days before her 112th birthday in 2002.
