[3] By 1928, she was studying at the Art Students League with John Sloan, Harry Sternberg, Kimon Nicolaïdes, and Kenneth Hayes Miller.

[1] In 1934, she divorced her husband and moved with her two children to Union Square, New York where she became involved in the Fourteenth Street School.

In 1935, Citron had her first major critically acclaimed solo show titled "Feminanities," at the Midtown Gallery in New York City.

[4] She joined Atelier 17, a renowned printmaking school and studio which had been relocated to New York due to World War II.

[5] There, she encountered numerous artists such as Marc Chagall, André Masson, and Jacques Lipchitz, and began experimenting with new styles and innovative techniques.

[5][9] She had a longtime relationship with lawyer and philanthropist Arthur B. Brenner; their shared interest in psychoanalysis was an influence on Citron's work.

[12] A traveling exhibition of her work, titled "Minna Citron: The Uncharted Course From Realism to Abstraction," was organized by the Juniata College Museum of Art in Huntingdon, PA and the artist's granddaughter.

[17] Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.