Ed Wiener (1918-1991)

Modernest Jeweler

• Served in World War II working in a radio assembly shop and discovered he had skilled hands.
• Became a jeweler through mostly self-taught realizations and some discussions with artisans and artists.
• Began to make jewelry in earnest from 1946 till his death in 1991

c.1945:

• Took general crafts course at Columbia University
• Set up a studio at home with his wife – Doris Levin
• Crafted bent-wire monogram pins to sell

c.1946:

• Opened a summer gallery in Provincetown MA and sold his jewelry and other trinkets.
• Opened a New York Studio

c.1947: Opened Arts and Ends on 55th St.

c.1966: Went to the Cluny Museum in Paris and to the gem-cutting centers in Jaipur, India and revised his whole jewelry design aesthetic.

c.1971-1981: the store was on Madison Ave.

His daughter, Michele Wiener inherited 1700 molds and she markets the work as “Ed Wiener Jewelry”.