GERTRUDE NASON. Born: Everett, Massachusetts 1890 Died:1965. Gertrude Nason was born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1890. She grew up in a home environment of art, literature and music. After... Read full biography
GERTRUDE NASON. Born: Everett, Massachusetts 1890 Died:1965. Gertrude Nason was born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1890. She grew up in a home environment of art, literature and music. After graduating from high school in 1905, she entered the Massachusetts Normal Art School. She studied under... Read full biography
GERTRUDE NASON. Born: Everett, Massachusetts 1890 Died:1965. Gertrude Nason was born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1890. She grew up in a home environment of art, literature and music. After graduating from high school in 1905, she entered the Massachusetts Normal Art School. She studied under Vesper L. George. She later studied in an advanced painting class with Joseph DeCamp. At the special invitation of DeCamp, she returned for additional studies from 1908 to 1911. In 1912 Nason enrolled in... Read full biography
GERTRUDE NASON. Born: Everett, Massachusetts 1890 Died:1965. Gertrude Nason was born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1890. She grew up in a home environment of art, literature and music. After graduating from high school in 1905, she entered the Massachusetts Normal Art School. She studied under Vesper L. George. She later studied in an advanced painting class with Joseph DeCamp. At the special invitation of DeCamp, she returned for additional studies from 1908 to 1911. In 1912 Nason enrolled in the Boston Museum School, where she received instruction in figure painting from Edmund Tarbell. She established her own studio in Boston. She also became the Supervisor of Art for the Billerica and Burlington school systems - positions she held until... Read full biography
GERTRUDE NASON. Born: Everett, Massachusetts 1890 Died:1965. Gertrude Nason was born in Everett, Massachusetts in 1890. She grew up in a home environment of art, literature and music. After graduating from high school in 1905, she entered the Massachusetts Normal Art School. She studied under Vesper L. George. She later studied in an advanced painting class with Joseph DeCamp. At the special invitation of DeCamp, she returned for additional studies from 1908 to 1911. In 1912 Nason enrolled in the Boston Museum School, where she received instruction in figure painting from Edmund Tarbell. She established her own studio in Boston. She also became the Supervisor of Art for the Billerica and Burlington school systems - positions she held until 1927. She married artist William H. Donohue. They soon discovered the painting colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut*. They decided to... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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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
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Things of Beauty/Floral Still Life Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Sternberg, Paul E
38 pages (color)
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
Centennial Exhibition 1889-1989 Members National Assoc Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
62 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
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
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index