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Ethel Ashton

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Ethel V. Ashton (1896 - 1975) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  Ethel Ashton is known for Genre, townscape and still life painting, lithography.

Ethel V. Ashton (1896 - 1975)

Ethel V. Ashton studied at Philadelphia's Moore College of Art and in 1920 graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  Ethel and her longtime studio partner, renowned American artist Alice Neel, worked closely together through the 1920's.

Bold pastels and powerful canvases are Ethel Ashton's artistic legacy. In the 1940's, Ashton was accepted by the WPA and created many historical murals. She went on to become the research librarian for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where she mentored many young artist and was instrumental in the success of the Academy's Fellowship program.

Ethel Ashton's work is included in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Women in the arts, Washington, D.C. and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Ethel Ashton available:    Abraham Hankins,  Albert Jean Adolphe,  Julius Bloch,  Giovanni Martino,  Albert Van Nesse Greene,  Yarnall (Yarnell) Abbott,  John J Dull,  Sally Michel,  Dorothy Van Loan,  Bernard Badura,  Antonio Martino,  Seymour Remenick,  Walter Emerson Baum,  John Grabach,  Emlen Pope Etting Jr,  Earl Horter,  Edmund Darch Lewis,  William Zorach,  Frederick Judd Waugh,  John French Sloan,  Everett Shinn,  Harry Leith-Ross,  Carl Philipp Weber,  Leonid Gechtoff



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Keywords and Quick Facts for Ethel Ashton


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Europe
Art Association
  • Philadelphia Art Alliance
  • Philadelphia Sketch Club
  • Salons of America
  • Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Moore College of Art and Design for Women, Student
  • Philadelphia School of Design for Women, Student
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Genre Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Philadelphia Art Alliance-
  • Philadelphia Sketch Club-
  • Salons of America-
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York

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