Jean Halpert–Ryden (née Jeanette Muriel Halpert; 1919–2011) was an American visual artist, active in Northern California.
[3] Her first exhibition was in 1946 at Norlyst Gallery at 59 West 56th Street in New York City; where she displayed six paintings in a group show.
[3] She married artist Edward Ryden (1922–2013) in 1947; for two years they lived in Boulder, Colorado, before moving to San Francisco in 1949.
Jean and her husband Edward moved to Israel in 1985, where she continued to make and display her artwork.
In July 2005, she moved into a care home called the Primrose Center in Santa Rosa, California.