Born in South Orange, New Jersey, Edith Mitchill Prellwitz earned a reputation as a skilled artist who continued her career after she married artist Henry Prellwitz at a time when women were expected... Read full biography
Born in South Orange, New Jersey, Edith Mitchill Prellwitz earned a reputation as a skilled artist who continued her career after she married artist Henry Prellwitz at a time when women were expected to submerge their careers to their husband's. The couple shared joint exhibitions including at the... Read full biography
Born in South Orange, New Jersey, Edith Mitchill Prellwitz earned a reputation as a skilled artist who continued her career after she married artist Henry Prellwitz at a time when women were expected to submerge their careers to their husband's. The couple shared joint exhibitions including at the Charcoal Club in Baltimore, 1899; and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Prellwitz was born in 1864, a year verified by her diary, although 1865 is the year traditionally given for her birth. Her first... Read full biography
Born in South Orange, New Jersey, Edith Mitchill Prellwitz earned a reputation as a skilled artist who continued her career after she married artist Henry Prellwitz at a time when women were expected to submerge their careers to their husband's. The couple shared joint exhibitions including at the Charcoal Club in Baltimore, 1899; and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Prellwitz was born in 1864, a year verified by her diary, although 1865 is the year traditionally given for her birth. Her first trip to Europe had been in 1882 when she studied informally in Germany, Italy, Paris, and London. Firmed in her resolve to become an artist, in 1883, Edith wrote in her diary, "I am a woman of 'aspiration,' with strong intentions to become an artist,... Read full biography
Born in South Orange, New Jersey, Edith Mitchill Prellwitz earned a reputation as a skilled artist who continued her career after she married artist Henry Prellwitz at a time when women were expected to submerge their careers to their husband's. The couple shared joint exhibitions including at the Charcoal Club in Baltimore, 1899; and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Prellwitz was born in 1864, a year verified by her diary, although 1865 is the year traditionally given for her birth. Her first trip to Europe had been in 1882 when she studied informally in Germany, Italy, Paris, and London. Firmed in her resolve to become an artist, in 1883, Edith wrote in her diary, "I am a woman of 'aspiration,' with strong intentions to become an artist, a great artist." . She studied at the Art Students League from 1883 to 1889 with George de Forest Brush... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (37)
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Women's Work: The Artistry of the Women of the Cornish Colony (Exhibition catalog)
2009
Gilbert-Smith, Alma (Introduction); Lonnie Pierson Dunbier (Essay)
22 pages (color)
A Shared Aesthetic: Artists of Long Island's North Fork
2008
Fleming, Geoffrey K. and Sara Evans (Southold Historical Society)
250 pages (color)
Caroline M. Bell and the Peconic Bay Impressionists
2006
Wallace, Terry
188 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
The Women of the Cornish Colony, Part II
2002
Gilbert, Alma
38 pages (color)
Painters of Peconic: Edith Prellwitz & Henry Prellwitz (Spanierman Gallery, LLC (Exhibition catalog)
2002
Pisano, Ronald; William Gerdts (Essays)
71 pages (color)
110 Years of American Art:1830-1940 (Spanierman Galleries, LLC) (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Spanierman, Deborah (essay)
136 pages (color)
A Place of Beauty: The Artists and Gardens of the Cornish Colony (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Gilbert, Alma; Judith Tankard
24 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Cornish Colony: At the Dawn of the New Century
1999
Gilbert-Smith, Alma
24 pages (color)
The Cornish Colony: One Hundred Year Celebration Exhibit (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Gilbert, Alma; James Atkinson
52 pages
Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire
1996
Colby, Virginia Reed; James B. Atkinson
526 pages
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Artists in California, 1786-1940
1989
Hughes, Edan Milton
637 pages
Idle Hours Americans at Leisure 1865-1914
1988
Pisano, Ronald G
155 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
A Circle of Friends Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin (Exhibition catalog)
1985
New Hampshire, U of
138 pages (color)
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Long Island Landscape Painting 1820-1920 (Volume 1)
1985
Pisano, Ronald G
167 pages (color)
Artists by Themselves Artist's Portrait's from the National Academy of Design (Exhibition catalog)
1983
National Academy of Design
175 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
Biographical Sketches of American Artists
1972
Earle, Helen L
370 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One