Mending the Nets, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Signed lower right / ELEANOR PARKE CUSTIS
Description
A versatile artist who later gained national recognition as a photographer, Eleanor Parke Custis studied at the Corcoran Gallery of Art under renowned Boston School painter Edmund Tarbell and furthered her training with Henry B. Snell in Maine. She held solo exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery, Grand Central Art Galleries, and the Akron Art Museum, and exhibited with the American Watercolor Society and the National Arts Club. Celebrated for her distinctive watercolor style and extensive travels, she was later known as the “First Lady of Pictorial Photography.”
Provenance
Private colleciton, New York
Private collection, Ogunquit, Maine,
Inscriptions
Labels
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Very good. No signs of toning or fading. Pinholes at corners. Paper is cut unevenly on all four sides.
Frame Details
Description
A versatile artist who later gained national recognition as a photographer, Eleanor Parke Custis studied at the Corcoran Gallery of Art under renowned Boston School painter Edmund Tarbell and furthered her training with Henry B. Snell in Maine. She held solo exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery, Grand Central Art Galleries, and the Akron Art Museum, and exhibited with the American Watercolor Society and the National Arts Club. Celebrated for her distinctive watercolor style and extensive travels, she was later known as the “First Lady of Pictorial Photography.”
Provenance
Private colleciton, New York
Private collection, Ogunquit, Maine,
Inscriptions
Labels
Exhibitions
Literature
Condition
Very good. No signs of toning or fading. Pinholes at corners. Paper is cut unevenly on all four sides.
