) Members of the Philadelphia Ten at their Art Club of Philadelphia exhibition, January 28 - February 11, 1928. | |
| Formation | 1917 |
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| Dissolved | 1945 |
| Purpose | arts organization for women to promote members' works |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
The Philadelphia Ten, also known as The Ten, was a group of female artists from the United States who exhibited together from 1917 to 1945. The group exhibited annually in Philadelphia and later had traveling exhibitions at museums throughout the East Coast and the Midwest.[1][2]
History
All of the members of the Philadelphia Ten attended art school in Philadelphia. The group's first show was held at the Art Club of Philadelphia in February 1917 and it showcased the work of 11 artists, nine trained at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art and Design) and two from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. More members later joined; in all, 23 painters and seven sculptors participated in the group's exhibitions.[1][2]
In 1998, the Moore College of Art and Design created a retrospective of the Philadelphia Ten that traveled to museums throughout the country.[3][2][4] In 2010, Moore College showed pieces from two women's art collectives: The Philadelphia Ten and The Other Woman.[5]
Members
Original group
All of the original members were painters.
- Eleanor Abrams
- Katharine Marie Barker
- Theresa Bernstein
- Cora S. Brooks
- Isabel Branson Cartwright
- Constance Cochrane
- Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton
- Arrah Lee Gaul
- Lucile Howard
- Helen Kiner McCarthy
- Katharine Hood McCormick
Other painters
- Maude Drein Bryant
- Fern Coppedge
- Nancy Maybin Ferguson
- Margaret Ralston Gest
- Sue May Gill
- Susette Schultz Keast
- Marian T. MacIntosh
- Emma Fordyce MacRae
- Mary Elizabeth Price
- Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts
- Susan Gertrude Schell
- Edith Longstreth Wood
Other sculptors
- Gladys Edgerly Bates
- Cornelia Van Auken Chapin
- Beatrice Fenton
- Harriet Whitney Frishmuth
- Genevieve Karr Hamlin
- Joan Hartley
- Mary Louise Lawser
Gallery
M. Elizabeth Price, The Wine Shop, Quimperle, Brittany, by 1921
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, Figures on the Sand, Annisquam, 1915
Helen Kiner McCarthy, Portrait: Red and White, by 1916
Beatrice Fenton, Sunflower Dial
Harriet Frishmuth, Speed, 1922
Maude Drein Bryant, Calendulas and Asters
Susette Schultz Keast, Inner Harbor
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References
- ^ a b "The Philadelphia Ten: A Women's Artist Group 1917-1945". Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Talbott, Page; Sydney, Patricia Tanis (1998). The Philadelphia ten:a women's artist group, 1917-1945. Kansas CIty, MO.: American Art Review Press.
- ^ "1990s: The Philadelphia Ten: A Women's Artist Group 1917–1945, January 23 – March 15, 1998". The Galleries at Moore. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ Tappert, Tara (October 1999). "Review: Commemorating the Philadelphia Ten: The Philadelphia Ten: A Women's Artist Group 1917-1945 by Page Talbott; Patricia Tanis Sydney". American Studies International. 37 (3): 107–110. JSTOR 41279715.
- ^ "Collectively Speaking, Then & Now: The Philadelphia Ten and The Other Woman". Retrieved 12 March 2017.
Further reading
- Philadelphia Ten by Page Talbott on the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia