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Grace Gemberling

Grace Thorpe Gemberling (1903 - 1997) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  Grace Gemberling is known for Still life, figure, portrait, and marine painting.

Few women painters enjoyed the enthusiastic praise Grace Thorpe Gemberling experienced early in her career.  Noted for her exceptional handling of color and spacing within her compositions, she contributed greatly towards the acceptance of the modern aesthetic in the Philadelphia region. Born in Bala Cynwyd, PA, in 1903, Grace had the opportunity to witness both the continued growth of Philadelphia and the culture it provided, while being rooted in an agricultural environment that came from her time at the Gemberling farm in Selinsgrove, PA.

The Gemberlings encouraged both Grace and her sister Josephine to embrace the arts. While Josephine became an accomplished musician, Grace gravitated to acting and painting. It became evident as she completed her education at Friends Central School in Philadelphia that Grace's passion was for art and she enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1920 where she studied with Daniel Garber (1880-1958), Hugh H. Breckenridge (1870   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 15825 characters.]  Artist bio

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