Lisel Salzer (August 26, 1906 – December 6, 2005) was an Austrian-born painter of Jewish heritage who fled the Nazis during World War II and resettled in America, where she continued her art career until her death.
[3] In New York, Lisel Salzer continued her artistic career in the luxury shops at Bonwit Teller, painting oil and pastel portraits of the children of high-society women who frequented the store.
[5] Unable to find a practicing artist in the style, she and her husband researched the techniques with the aid of some manuels they found, and eventually bought a kiln.
Salzer continued to paint portraiture and with enamel and her work was frequently shown at the Otto Seligman Gallery and the Frye Art Museum.
She worked with, and painted, prominent Seattle artists James Washington Jr., George Tsutakawa, Alfred Arreguin, and Grandma Moses.
[4] Until her death she continued her work, even as she started to go blind in one eye, frequently drawing cartoons and illustrating cards in letters for friends and family.
[3] In 2002, Austrian art historian Christina Steinmetzer was researching the Zinkenbach group when she discovered that Lisel Salzer was still alive and working in Seattle.