CORAL GABLES GALLERY NIGHT: Edna Glaubman was an important American artist whose work remains today as a lasting testament to an extraordinary woman. Her work is on the one hand unique, inventive and incomparable and on the other evokes Monet, Chagall, Matisse and Klimt. A serious student of her predecessors, Glaubman experimented in materials ranging from metal and clay sculpture, to resins and polymers. She worked with a variety of papers, inks, acrylics, pencil, charcoal and pastel. Her subjects varied widely and included landscapes, portraits, horses, nudes, social gatherings, and intimate family moments. She pioneered the use of acrylics and used an original technique where she affixed crushed paper to the boards and then employed specialized inks to achieve a final effect that resembles Javanese batik fabrics. Glaubman occupies a section of Miami’s history when the city was first emerging as an important creative metropolitan center and the influences of her creativity are both subtle and apparent. Glaubman periodically produced drawings and lithos for charities that touched her heart. A portrait of dignity for the Jewish Home for The Aged, fundraising pieces for the Hope School and Haven Schools, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation, the Miami/Florida Philharmonic, P.A.C.E. Concerts, the Grove House and for South Miami Oncology (for a nurse training program). Her charities were most often for special needs kids with the obvious connection to her son, Michael.