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Ethel Wright (other)
Ethel Wright may refer to: *Ethel Wright (actor) (1851–1930), US film actress *Ethel Wright (painter) Ethel Wright later Ethel Bradley (1866 – 1939) was a British portrait painter. Wright has several paintings in British national collections and her most famous work is a portrait of Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst, which currently resides at th ... (1866–1939), UK painter * Ethel Wright Mohamed (1906–1992), US artist {{Hndis, Wright, Ethel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Wright (actor)
Ethel Wright Nesbitt (June 24, 1884 – November 7, 1958) was an American actress and teacher. Wright was born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, the second of three daughters born to lawyer Samuel Wright and his wife Catherine J Wright. All four of her grandparents were born in England. She had an older sister, Edna Wright, who was an activist and suffragette, and a younger sister, Rowe Wright, who was a magazine and book editor.Ethel Wright Nesbitt in ''U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925'' Wright appeared in several silent films, including as Marguerite Leonard in '' A Leap for Love'' (1912), the working mother in '' The Cry of the Children'' (1912), the bank teller's wife in '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1912), Catherine Wolff in '' Bolshevism on Trial'' (1919) and Mrs. Minnett in '' The Enchanted Cottage'' (1924). In addition to acting, Wright was a high school teacher. She married mechanical engineer Hugh Nesbitt from New Jersey on June 12, 1915, in Milwaukee. From 1920 to 1945, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Wright (painter)
Ethel Wright later Ethel Bradley (1866 – 1939) was a British portrait painter. Wright has several paintings in British national collections and her most famous work is a portrait of Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst, which currently resides at the National Portrait Gallery. Work Wright was born in London, England and later studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, France with the support and on the advice of renowned portraitist Solomon Joseph Solomon. By the late 19th Century she was regularly exhibiting as a society portraitist at The Royal Academy and achieved a profile as a painter in the 1890s identified in the modernist Rhythm Group. She was also known for painting Pierrot. Suffragette Portraits Having achieved some recognition as a society portraitist, Wright became increasingly political as did her portraits. Wright became a supporter of the suffragettes. In 1909 Wright painted her most famous portrait, that of Christabel Pankhurst. Her full length portrait of Christa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |