A popular female artist who specialized in the depiction of flowers, children and landscapes in watercolor, Emma Alice Parker was born in Gardener, Massachusetts, in 1876. She was the daughter of... Read full biography
A popular female artist who specialized in the depiction of flowers, children and landscapes in watercolor, Emma Alice Parker was born in Gardener, Massachusetts, in 1876. She was the daughter of Thomas S. and Antoinette Parker. After graduation from Providence, Rhode Island high school, she... Read full biography
A popular female artist who specialized in the depiction of flowers, children and landscapes in watercolor, Emma Alice Parker was born in Gardener, Massachusetts, in 1876. She was the daughter of Thomas S. and Antoinette Parker. After graduation from Providence, Rhode Island high school, she enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design* in 1895. Her studies there were under Stacy Tolman, who taught anatomy, drawing and painting from life, and, beginning in 1897, from Sydney R. Burleigh, who... Read full biography
A popular female artist who specialized in the depiction of flowers, children and landscapes in watercolor, Emma Alice Parker was born in Gardener, Massachusetts, in 1876. She was the daughter of Thomas S. and Antoinette Parker. After graduation from Providence, Rhode Island high school, she enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design* in 1895. Her studies there were under Stacy Tolman, who taught anatomy, drawing and painting from life, and, beginning in 1897, from Sydney R. Burleigh, who taught watercolor. Although she officially graduated in 1899, Miss Parker was awarded a post-graduate scholarship that allowed her to continue her attendance there part-time until 1906. Also, having proved herself to be a capable artist, she was asked... Read full biography
A popular female artist who specialized in the depiction of flowers, children and landscapes in watercolor, Emma Alice Parker was born in Gardener, Massachusetts, in 1876. She was the daughter of Thomas S. and Antoinette Parker. After graduation from Providence, Rhode Island high school, she enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design* in 1895. Her studies there were under Stacy Tolman, who taught anatomy, drawing and painting from life, and, beginning in 1897, from Sydney R. Burleigh, who taught watercolor. Although she officially graduated in 1899, Miss Parker was awarded a post-graduate scholarship that allowed her to continue her attendance there part-time until 1906. Also, having proved herself to be a capable artist, she was asked to help with instruction and in 1899 began teaching cast drawing at the school. Parker continued her st... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (13)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art in Bloom
1990
Foshay, Ellen M
80 pages (color)
Paintings by American Women The Collection of Louise and Alan Sellers (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Sternberg, Paul E
56 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
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
By the People, For the People New England (WPA artists) (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Sawyer, Charles
92 pages
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit