Edith Haworth (1878–1953) was an American painter, who studied art in New York and showed her work in

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and

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, particularly at the

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. In 1903 she was co-founder and treasurer of the Detroit Society of Women Painters.

Education

Haworth studied under

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at the

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. She studied at the New York School of Art, now

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, which was founded by William Merritt Chase in 1896. Haworth had art instruction in Europe.

Personal life

In 1897 she is listed as an artist, and she lived at the same address in 1898. In 1915 she was no longer living in Michigan, but continued to contribute to Michigan Artists exhibitions.

Career

She was at the Detroit School of Art in 1900 and 1904. Three years later, she was a founding member and treasurer of the Detroit Society of Women Painters, which was formed to provide art instruction and broaden artistic opportunities for their members.Marian Wardle.
American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910-1945
'. Rutgers University Press; 2005. . p. 201. In April 1909

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made a portrait of Haworth that is in the collection of the Indiana University Art Museum.Bennard B. Perlman.
Robert Henri: His Life and Art
'. Courier Dover Publications; 1991. . p. 91. In Michigan, she exhibited at the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, the Detroit Water Color Societies and "numerous times" between 1905 and 1924 at the

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. In New York, she exhibited in 1912 and 1914 at the

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; the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art, including two watercolors, ''The village band'' and ''The birthday party''; and at the 1914

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exhibition of the Pastellists. She also exhibited there in 1919 at the Powell Galleries exhibition. Before 1911 she exhibited in Munich. She also exhibited at the Independent Artists Exhibitions. During February 1931, Morton Galleries held a retrospective of her oil paintings since 1905. The following year her water colors were shown there in January.
Arts Magazine
'. Art Digest Incorporated; 1931. p. 9.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haworth, Edith 1878 births 1953 deaths 19th-century American painters 20th-century American painters Parsons School of Design alumni 20th-century American women painters 19th-century American women painters