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Edith Tenbrink BIOGRAPHY
1883 - 1963. Known for: Allegory, religious.
The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each... Read full biography
The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each painting. Edith V. Tenbrink signed her. paintings "E.V.T.". According to the artist, her art was... Read full biography
The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each painting. Edith V. Tenbrink signed her. paintings "E.V.T.". According to the artist, her art was inspired by Obadiah, the Biblical prophet. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible and arguably one of the most mysterious books because there is no history on Obadiah. She was born February 14th, 1883,... Read full biography
The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each painting. Edith V. Tenbrink signed her. paintings "E.V.T.". According to the artist, her art was inspired by Obadiah, the Biblical prophet. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible and arguably one of the most mysterious books because there is no history on Obadiah. She was born February 14th, 1883, in Iowa, and she began painting about 1935 inspired by a trip she and her husband took to India. They became involved with the Sai Baba belief through a a young man named V.K. Gokak, who was a college student at Oxford at the time and became a high... Read full biography
The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each painting. Edith V. Tenbrink signed her. paintings "E.V.T.". According to the artist, her art was inspired by Obadiah, the Biblical prophet. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible and arguably one of the most mysterious books because there is no history on Obadiah. She was born February 14th, 1883, in Iowa, and she began painting about 1935 inspired by a trip she and her husband took to India. They became involved with the Sai Baba belief through a a young man named V.K. Gokak, who was a college student at Oxford at the time and became a high educator at the Sai Baba University. He and Edith were spiritual mother and son and wrote to each other until the end of her life.... Read full biography
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The art of Edith Valentine Tenbrink was locked away for three decades after the death of her husband in 1963. There were 47 paintings, and they were left in a suitcase with wax paper between each painting. Edith V. Tenbrink signed her
paintings "E.V.T."
According to the artist, her art was inspired by Obadiah, the Biblical prophet. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible and arguably one of the most mysterious books because there is no history on Obadiah.
She was born February 14th, 1883, in Iowa, and she began painting about 1935 inspired by a trip she and her husband took to India. They became involved with the Sai Baba belief through a a young man named V.K. Gokak, who was a college student at Oxford at the time and became a high educator at the Sai Baba University. He and Edith were spiritual mother and son and wrote to each other until the end of her life.
Edith and her husband, after their trip to India, wanted to form a fraternal organization named The Golden Precept, and it is thought that this goal was the inspiration for her to begin painting. Their organization never got off the ground, but they became active in a group called Esoteric School of Theban Culture.
Tenbrink had a lame right arm and hand and painted with her left Hand, completing all of her work in Los Angeles. She started her painting in 1935 when many people including her and her husband were highly interested in metaphysical things, such as seances. This was the Depression Era and because of the hard times, some people were searching for answers to a higher source. It was also discovered that many of the symbols in her paintings have Masonic, Shrine and Odd Fellow meaning.
She dated all of her paintings and sometimes even put the time on them. The dates seem to have no rhyme or reason to most people, but it appears the dates have something to do with astrology. Some of the paintings appear to have been deliberately on same days but different years.
She continued painting until six months before her death from cancer in 1963.
Source:
Feel the Magic Gallery