Edith Loring Getchell | |
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 "A Windswept Road," n.d., etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935 | |
| Born | Edith "Ella" Loring Peirce (Getchell after 1885) January 25, 1855[1] Bristol, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | September 18, 1940 (aged 85)[1] Worcester, Massachusetts, US |
| Education | Philadelphia School of Design for Women, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Landscape etchings |
| Spouse | Dr. Alfred Colby Getchell |
| Children | Ruth Peirce Getchell and Margaret Colby Getchell Parsons |
Edith Loring Getchell (1855 – 1940) was an American landscape painter and etcher, highly regarded for the "exquisite" tonalism of her etchings, drypoints and watercolors."[2] Working during the "American Etching Revival," a period that lent legitimacy to an art form that had once been scorned as commercial, Getchell made use of the opportunities the vogue for etching gave her, despite a crowded field and the gender discrimination of her era. Considered one of America's leading etchers in her lifetime, Getchell's work is notable for its skill, its aesthetic values and its approach to depicting American landscape.
- ^ a b Peet, Phyllis (2000). "Getchell, Edith Loring Peirce (1855-1940), painter and etcher". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1701483. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7.
- ^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (2013-12-19). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63889-4.