Edith Barry
Edith Barry | |
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| Born | 1884 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | 1969 (aged 84–85) |
| Known for | Painting |
Edith Cleaves Barry (1884–1969) was an American sculptor, painter, illustrator and designer born in Boston Massachusetts.[1] She studied at the Art Students League in New York City and with Frank DuMond and Richard E. Miller.[2] Barry was the founder [3] and served as the director of the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, Maine from 1936 to 1945.[4]
In 1939, during the Great Depression, Barry was employed by the US Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture to paint a post office mural, The Arrival of the First Letter – Kennebunk Post Office from Falmouth – June 14, 1775 in her home town of Kennebunk, Maine.[5]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Edith Barry was born to Charles Dummer Barry and Ida Morton (Thompson) Barry on March 10, 1884, in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, Charles, was an import/export agent with Henry W. Peabody & Co., first in Boston, and later New York City.[6] She grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. Both of her parents had ties to Kennebunk, Maine, and owned a family home on Summer Street in Kennebunk's Historic District.
Edith attended preparatory school at Miss Wheeler's School (now The Wheeler School) in Providence, Rhode Island, graduating in 1904.
Beginning in 1906, Edith would travel to Europe annually to practice her art in places like Giverny, France; Rome, Italy; Austria; Spain; and London. She trained with Frederick Frieseke and Frederick Macmonnies, both American artists living in France. Her journals about her European travels and art training are included in the archives of the Brick Store Museum.[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986
- ^ McGlauflin, ed., Who’s Who in American Art 1938–1939 vol.2, The American Federation of Arts,Washington D.C., 1937
- ^ Petteys, Chris, Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women ratites born before 1900, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985
- ^ Falk, Peter Hastings, Who Was Who in American Art, Sound View Press, Madison Connecticut, 1985
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External links
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- 1884 births
- 1960 deaths
- American modern painters
- 20th-century American women painters
- 20th-century American painters
- American muralists
- Section of Painting and Sculpture artists
- Art Students League of New York alumni
- American women illustrators
- 20th-century American illustrators
- 20th-century American sculptors
- 20th-century American women sculptors
- Painters from Boston
- People from Kennebunk, Maine
- Painters from Maine
- Museum founders
- American women muralists
- Sculptors from New York (state)
- Sculptors from Massachusetts
- 20th-century American philanthropists