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Edith Emerson

Edith Emerson (1888 - 1981) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio.  Edith Emerson is known for Genre and figure painting, illustration, mural, curator.

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.

Emerson was born in Oxford, Ohio into a family of accomplished scholars and artists. Her father, Alfred Emerson, was an archaeologist and professor of classical archaeology whose career included positions at Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, The Art Institute of Chicago, and Cornell University. Her mother, Alice Edwards Emerson, was a pianist and music professor who taught at Wellesley College, the Ithaca Conservatory of Music (and its successor, Ithaca College), the University of Chicago, Cornell University, and Hobart College. She had three siblings: Gertrude, a writer and editor of Asia Magazine; Willard, a banker   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5388 characters.]  Artist bio

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SIESTA-JESSIE WILCOX SMITH (WITH CLOITY AND BOOTSIE) , 1934

Edith Emerson

Lot 3058
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Untitled

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Woman Sewing

Edith Emerson

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Knight on horseback holding horn and shield , 1938

Edith Emerson

Lot 133
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Collection of Artwork

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Portrait of violet oakley (1874-1961) , 1952

Edith Emerson

Lot 299
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