Edith Lucile Howard (1885–1959) was an American

landscape artist Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composi ...

. She was born in Bellow Falls, Vermont, and died of cancer in Moorestown, New Jersey, in 1959.

Philadelphia Ten

Edith Howard was a founder and member of the

Philadelphia Ten The Philadelphia Ten, also known as The Ten, was a group of American female artists who exhibited together from 1917 to 1945. The group, eventually numbering 30 painters and sculptors, exhibited annually in Philadelphia and later had traveling exh ...

. The Philadelphia Ten was exclusive to women artist and sculptors, active from 1917 to 1945. A partial list of members includes,

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, Katharine Marie Barker,

Theresa Bernstein Theresa Ferber Bernstein-Meyerowitz (March 1, 1890 – February 13, 2002) was an American artist and writer born in Kraków, in what is now Poland, and raised in Philadelphia. She received her art training in Philadelphia and New York City. Ove ...

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, Isabel Branson Cartwright,

Constance Cochrane Constance Cochrane (1888-1962), was an American painter. She was an original member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Cochrane was born in 1888 at the United States Navy Yard in Pensacola, Florida. She attended the Philadelphia School of Desi ...

Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton (March 25, 1889 – July 26, 1971) was an American artist, author, educator, ethnographer, and curator. She is one of the principal founders of the Museum of Northern Arizona. She was a member of the Philade ...

, Arrah Lee Gaul, Lucile Howard, Helen Kiner McCarthy, Katharine Hood McCormick,

Maude Drein Bryant Maude Drein Bryant (1880-1946), was an American painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Bryant was born Maude Drein on May 11, 1880 in Wilmington, Delaware. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, studying u ...

Fern Coppedge Fern Isabel Coppedge (July 28, 1883 – April 21, 1951) was an American impressionist painter. Life Born in the small town of Cerro Gordo near Decatur, Illinois to John L. Kuns and Maria Dilling Kuns, Fern Coppedge spent much of her life in Penn ...

Nancy Maybin Ferguson Nancy Maybin Ferguson (1872–1967), was an American painter whose career spanned decades. She is known for her ''plein-air'' paintings. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Ferguson was born in 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Margaret Ralston Gest Margaret Ralston Gest (1900-1965) was an American painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Gest was born in 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art from 1920 to 1924, ...

Sue May Gill Sue May Gailey Wescott Gill was an American artist and member of the Philadelphia Ten. Life Sue May Gill was born on January 12, 1887, in Sabinal, Texas. The second child of Asa Jones Gailey and Sue Louise Connally, she studied at the Chicago ...

Susette Schultz Keast Susette Inloes Schultz Keast (August 6, 1892 – September 5, 1932) was an American painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Keast was born in 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended the Philadelphia School of Desi ...

, Marian T. MacIntosh,

Emma Fordyce MacRae Emma Fordyce MacRae (April 27, 1887, Vienna – August 6, 1974) was an American representational painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, a group of women artists who worked and exhibited together. Her work — including still li ...

Mary Elizabeth Price Mary Elizabeth Price (March 1, 1877 – February 19, 1965), also known as M. Elizabeth Price, was an American Impressionist painter. She was an early member of the Philadelphia Ten, organizing several of the group's exhibitions. She steadily exhi ...

Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (June 10, 1871 – March 12, 1927) was an American painter who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Paris, and Concord, Massachusetts. She established the Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal at the Pennsylvania Academy ...

Susan Gertrude Schell Susan Gertrude Schell (1891-1970), was an American painter and educator. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Schell was born in 1891 in Titusville, Pennsylvania. She spent her youth in Philadelphia where she first met fellow arti ...

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, Beatrice Fenton,

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth Harriet Whitney Frishmuth (September 17, 1880 – January 1, 1980) was an American sculptor known for her works in bronze. Life She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents divorced when she was in her teens, and she moved to Europe wi ...

Genevieve Karr Hamlin Genevieve Karr Hamlin (1896-1989), was an American sculptor and potter. She created the 1926 Exposition of Women's Art & Industries Medal. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Hamlin was born July 1, 1896, in New York City. She at ...

, Joan Hartley, and

Mary Louise Lawser Mary Louise Lawser (1906–1985), was an American muralist and sculptor. She was known for her decorations of streamlined trains. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten. Biography Lawser was born in 1906. She attended Pennsylvania Museum Scho ...

Career

Howard studied with

Henry B. Snell Henry Bayley Snell (September 29, 1858 – January 17, 1943) was an American Impressionist painter and educator. Snell's paintings are in museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Albright–Knox Art Galle ...

and

Elliott Daingerfield Elliott Daingerfield (1859–1932) was an American artist who lived and worked in North Carolina. He is considered one of North Carolina's most prolific artists.Johnson, Lucille Miller (1992). ''Hometown Heritage, Volume II'', p 2-3. Taylor Publi ...

at the

Philadelphia School of Design for Women Philadelphia School of Design for Women (1848–1932) was an art school for women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Housed in the former Edwin Forrest House at 1346 North Broad Street, under the directorship of Emily Sartain (1886–1920), ...

, which is now called the

Moore College of Art & Design Moore College of Art & Design is a private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its undergraduate programs are available only for female students, but its other educational programs, including graduate programs, are co-educational. Histo ...

. Howard entered college at the age of nineteen and received her diploma in 1908. Her first exhibition was at the

Worcester Art Museum The Worcester Art Museum, also known by its acronym WAM, houses over 38,000 works of art dating from antiquity to the present day and representing cultures from all over the world. WAM opened in 1898 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and ranks among th ...

in 1914. She taught at the School of Design for Women,

Grand Central Art Galleries The Grand Central Art Galleries were the exhibition and administrative space of the nonprofit Painters and Sculptors Gallery Association, an artists' cooperative established in 1922 by Walter Leighton Clark together with John Singer Sargent, Ed ...

and School of Art in New York and retired in 1949.

Exhibitions

Exhibition of water color paintings selected from The Exhibition of The Philadelphia Water Color Club. February 1 to 23, 1914. Under the name of "Lucille Howard", Edith Lucille Howard authored an article about the work of young fashion students inspired by artifacts in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology (September 1920)

References

1885 births 1959 deaths Landscape artists American women artists Philadelphia School of Design for Women alumni American women painters 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists {{US-painter-1880s-stub