The Weaver of Myth and Form: The Life of Rosemarie Beck Phelps In the vibrant, turbulent landscape of the post-World War II American art scene, few voices resonated with as much intellectual depth and structural grandeur as Rosemarie Beck Phelps. Born in 1923 in Westchester County, New York, to Hungarian Jewish immigrants, her early life was steeped in a rich cultural heritage that would later serve as the bedrock for her profound explorations of human drama. Her journey into the heart of modernism began at Oberlin College, where she studied art history, providing her with a scholarly lens t…