Ethel Easton Paxson - Artist Info

About Ethel Easton Paxson

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    Ethel Paxson (1885-1982)

    Ethel Paxson received her first art instruction at the age of 15 from Charlotte Yale, a student of William Merritt Chase. At the age of 20 and newly married, she moved to Washington, D.C. and enrolled at the Corcoran School of Art. In 1909 she and her husband moved to Philadelphia where she continued her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts under Cecilia Beaux, Thomas Anschutz, Hugh Breckenridge and Henry Rankin Poore. She was also able to spend summers with Chase at his school at Schinnecock, Long Island, New York.

    Returning from a four year trip to Brazil in 1920, the couple settled in Connecticut. She became an active member of many organizations and pr...

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