Grace Gemberling

Grace Gemberling
Grace Gemberling
Grace Gemberling
Born
Grace Thorp Gemberling

(1903-07-31)July 31, 1903
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedDecember 26, 1997(1997-12-26) (aged 94)
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, US
Resting placeWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd
Alma materPennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Known forArtist, art teacher
SpouseW. R. Morton Keast (1888–1973)
AwardsFrom the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1923, 1924; Lambert Purchase Prize, 1930; Mary Smith Prize for best painting by a Philadelphia woman artist, 1930; Fellowship Prize, 1931 (Gold Medal Award), 1940. From the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors: Oliver Beck Figure Composition Prize, 1933.

Grace Thorp Gemberling (July 31, 1903 – December 26, 1997) was an American artist known for the broad range of her subjects in paintings having a pronounced psychological as well as aesthetic impact.[1] One critic said they conveyed a mood that was "ethereal, bold and engaged".[1] Another said her work showed "a disciplined hand and a romantic eye" together with "a magical color sense".[2] Known for her control of detail and successful handling of line and blocks of color,[3] she was said to paint in a modernist style that stayed clear of abstraction and was remembered by a teacher and fellow artist as "the finest woman painter in Philadelphia during the 1920s and 1930s".[1]

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