Edith Dimock (February 16, 1876 – October 28, 1955) was an American painter. Her work was exhibited at the 1913

Armory Show The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was a show organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of ...

in New York. She married fellow artist,

William Glackens William James Glackens (March 13, 1870 – May 22, 1938) was an American realist painter and one of the founders of the Ashcan School, which rejected the formal boundaries of artistic beauty laid-down by the conservative National Academy of De ...

, but continued to use her maiden name professionally after the marriage.

Personal life

Dimock was born in 1876 in

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

. She was given the nickname of "Teed", and was the daughter of Ira Dimock, a silk merchant based in Connecticut, and older sister of Stanley, Harold Edwin and Florence Irene Dimock (1889–1962). Dimock developed an interest in art in her childhood and began her education in art in New York in her 20s against the wishes of her parents. On February 16, 1904 she married painter

in her family's Vanderbilt Hill mansion, originally built for

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. File:Edith Dimock's childhood home, Vanderbilt Hill. Built in 1879, razed in 1920.jpg, Ira Dimock's house on Vanderbilt Hill, Hartford, Connecticut where Edith Dimock was raised and married (built in 1879, razed in 1920) File:William Glackens, The Shoppers.jpg,

, ''The Shoppers'' (1907–8; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia). The central figure is Edith Dimock. As a wedding present,

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painted portraits of the bride and groom. Edith's portrait was started in 1902. In it, she was described as "still a demure socialite from Hartford" by author Bennard Perlman.Marian Wardle.
American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910-1945
'. Rutgers University Press; 2005. . p. 101. Until they could find a larger place, they first lived in a one-room apartment in the Sherman Building in

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.Bennard B. Perlman
''The Immortal Eight; American Painting from Eakins to the Armory Show (1870-1913).''
New York: Exposition Press, 1962. p. 130. They then lived at 3 Washington Square North. Following the marriage, "she devoted her time and energies to her family."Petteys, Chris, ''Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900'', G.K. Hall & Co, Boston, Ma, 1985 Their son Ira, born in 1907, was a writer who wrote two books about his father. In 1913 Dimock gave birth to their daughter, Lenna,Ann Lee Morgan Former Visiting Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago.
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
'. Oxford University Press; 27 June 2007. . p. 181. an artist. Lenna and Edith were favored models for William Glackens.''All in the Family Paintings and Works on Paper by Members of the Glackens Family.''
ArtSlant Miami. Retrieved April 28, 2014. From 1911 to 1917, Dimock and her family spent the summers at Belport on Long Island, where her husband, William Glackens, painted beach scenes. Artists and good friends May Preston and

James Moore Preston James Moore Preston (1873–1962) was an American painter and illustrator, married to fellow artist May Wilson Preston. He was one of the Ashcan School, along with his friend, William Glackens. Early life James Moore Preston was born in Roxborough ...

often spent the summers there and traveled with the Glackens to Europe. Dimock was an honorary secretary of the

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in 1911 and 1915. In 1913 she marched in the large suffrage parade in New York, along with a group of other artists. Her husband died in 1938. Dimock died October 28, 1955 at her home in Hartford.

Career

She studied at the

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between 1895 and 1899 with

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. Dimock described her classes at the Art Students League: She then studied with Chase at the

New York School of Art Parsons School of Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is a private art and design college located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhatt ...

. She shared a studio in the Sherwood building, and artist's cooperative building on 57th Street in Manhattan,Carol Clark.
American Drawings and Watercolors
'. Metropolitan Museum of Art; 1992. . p. 168. with May Preston and another artist. The three women held weekly open houses and became known as the lively "Sherwood Sisters". The women gathered with male artists from the

Ashcan School The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, was an artistic movement in the United States during the late 19th-early 20th century that produced works portraying scenes of daily life in New York, often in the city's poorer neighborhoods. ...

, including William Glackens and James Moore Preston, at Mouquin's and Cafe Francis.Kirsten Swinth.
Painting Professionals: Women Artists & the Development of Modern American Art, 1870-1930
'. UNC Press Books; 2001. . p. 175, 256. Following her marriage in 1904, Dimock continued to sign her works using her maiden name. In 1904 her works were shown at the American Water Color Society exhibition: She made watercolor genre scenes "though charming, often displayed a caustic sense of humor." She illustrated Grace Van Rensselaer Dwight's children's book of nine short stories, ''The yellow cat and her friends'' which was published in 1905 and Kate Forrest Oswell's ''Stories Grandmother Told,'' which was published in 1912. Her works were shown in 1908 with seven other painters at the Macbeth Galleries at the

. Dimock exhibited at the New York

of 1913, where she showed 8 works, ''Sweat Shop Girls in the Country, Mother and Daughter'', and six paintings, all entitled ''Group''. File:Edith Dimock, Sweat Shop Girls, 1913 Armory.jpg, ''Sweat Shop Girls in the Country,'' ca. 1913. Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper File:Edith Dimock, Three Women, 1913 Armory.jpg, ''Three Women,'' ca. 1913. Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper File:Edith Dimock, Florist, 1913 Armory.jpg, ''Florist,'' ca. 1913. Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper File:Edith Dimock Group Bridal Shop.jpg, ''Bridal Shop,'' ca. 1913, watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper File:Edith Dimock Group Fine Fruits.jpg, ''Fine Fruits,'' ca. 1913, watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper File:Edith Dimock Mother and Daughter.jpg, ''Mother and Daughter,'' ca. 1913, watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper In 1928 her watercolor Contemporary portraits were shown with Beaulah Stevenson's at the Whitney Studio Club and were then part of a traveling show to the

in New York,

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, the

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in San Francisco, and the Arts and Crafts Club in New Orleans. The Whitney Studio Club, led by women patrons, held a solo exhibition of Dimock's work.Kathleen D. McCarthy.
Women's Culture: American Philanthropy and Art, 1830-1930
'. University of Chicago Press; 1991. . p. 236.Patricia Bradley.
Making American Culture
'. Palgrave Macmillan; 15 September 2009. . p. 108.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dimock, Edith American women painters 1876 births 1955 deaths Artists from Hartford, Connecticut Painters from Connecticut 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists Art Students League of New York alumni

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