Gisela Beker

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Gisela Beker (born 9 October 1932 in Free City of Danzig) was an artist and painter. She had three sons; Erol, Brian, and Gary and a granddaughter, Molly. Queen Fabiola of Belgium promoted the first Visual International Art Exhibition of 122 artists from around the world. Beker's painting Graduation Orange received the top prize.

Beker was a US citizen from 1961. She died in Daytona Beach, FL on 18 April 2015, at the age of 82.[ citation needed ]

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