Emerson, Edith, 1888-1981
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found: NUCMC data from Delaware Art Museum for Violet Oakley papers, 1897-1985(Edith Emerson; 1888-1981; teacher of art; painter; muralist; active in Philadelphia, Pa.)
found: Sen, Gertrude Emerson. The pageant of India's history, 1949:t.p. (illustrated by Edith Emerson)
found: Buehrmann, Elizabeth. Photographic portraits of artists, writers, musicians, arts administrators and patrons of the arts, ca. 1904-1917, and photographic illustrations and accompanying tearsheets for magazine and newspaper advertisements, ca. 1917-1921, 1904-1921photograph, viewed in New York Public Library Digital Collections, June 19, 2020 (inscribed on verso of photograph: ("Willard I. Emerson of Hempel Noyes stock brokers, Mrs. Gertrude Emerson Sen of 'Voiceless India' fame, Prof. Alfred Emerson of Chicago University, Edith Emerson, standing, painter and muralist of Philadelphia") - https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c6c7610-8b6b-0135-6c9f-39a79ecbf942
found: Newsome, Laura. Guide to the Emerson Family Papers, 2011, via archives.nypl.org, June 18, 2020container list, V ("[Alice and Alfred Emerson] had four children, Edith, an artist who settled in Philadelphia, Gertrude Sen, an editor of Asia magazine who lived in India, Willard, a banker and soldier during WWI; and Alfred, an entomologist") container list, IX ("Edith Emerson, b. 1888, was a well established painter and muralist. She studied under Violet Oakley, a well known artist, and they became close friends, traveling together and keeping in close touch for most of their lives. Edith worked steadily as an artist from 1912-1975, and spent most of her career living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania") - http://archives.nypl.org/uploads/collection/pdf_finding_aid/mss923.pdf
found: Park, Carrol. A finding aid to the Edith Emerson papers, 1839-1981, bulk 1894-1971, 2012, via Smithsonian Archives of American Art website, June 18, 2020(biographical/historical: "Edith Emerson (1888-1981) was a painter, illustrator, and curator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in Oxford, Ohio, Emerson studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with John Vanderpoel and Thomas Wood Stevens and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Cecilia Beaux, Violet Oakley, and Daniel Garber. She assisted Violet Oakley primarily between 1917 and 1930 and shared her studio from 1918 until Oakley's death in 1961. Emerson served on the Board of Directors of the Woodmere Art Gallery beginning in 1940, subsequently becoming Curator. She was also a founding member of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation") - https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/edith-emerson-papers-10293
found: Woodmere Art Museum website, June 18, 2020(Edith Emerson; life dates 1888-1981; "in 1916 became [Violet Oakley's] studio assistant, moving into Oakley's Mount Airy home, Cogslea, in 1918. They developed a partnership that continued until Oakley's death in 1961. Emerson continued to exhibit work [at] the Academy [Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ] from 1918 through 1945, and taught at other institutions including Chestnut Hill College and the Agnes Irwin School. In 1947, Emerson was elected as formal curator of the Woodmere Art Museum, and served too as the director there until 1978") - https://woodmereartmuseum.org/explore-online/collection/artist/edith-emerson
found: Philadelphia inquirer, Monday, November 23, 1981, via Newspapers.com, June 20, 2020(Edith Emerson, artist, curator, and lecturer, died Saturday [November 21] at her home in Chestnut Hill; born July 27, 1888, in Oxford, Ohio)
found: Wikipedia, June 18, 2020("Edith Emerson (July 27, 1888-November 21, 1981) was an American painter, muralist, illustrator, writer, and curator. She was the life partner of acclaimed muralist Violet Oakley and served as the vice-president, president, and curator of the Woodmere Art Museum in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1940 to 1978"; born Oxford, Ohio, died Philadelphia, Pa.; education: Art Institute of Chicago; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
found: ULAN, June 18, 2020(Emerson, Edith (American painter, illustrator, and muralist, 1888-1981); roles: artist, painter, illustrator, muralist, author; gender: female; student of: Oakley, Violet, American painter; ID: 500089807) - http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500089807
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2004-11-03: new
2020-07-17: revised
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