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Grace Gemberling

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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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Keywords and Quick Facts for Grace Gemberling


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
Art MediaArt Subject
  • Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
  • New Hope, Pennslvania/Lambertville New Jersey
Art Association
  • North Shore Art Association, Gloucester-
  • Salons of America
  • Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
  • Arthur Carles
  • Daniel Garber
  • Hugh Breckenridge
Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • Cresson Traveling Scholarship
  • Mary Smith Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
  • Oliver Beck Figure Composition Prize, NAWP&S
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Miniature Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
  • North Shore Art Association, Gloucester
  • Salons of America-
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC

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