Andrade, Edna, 1917-

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Dates:
Birth 1917-01-25
Death 2008-04-17

Biographical notes:

Edna Andrade, b. 1917, Painter of Philadelphia, Pa.

From the description of Oral history interview with Edna Andrade, 1987 Apr. 1-29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395700

Painter; Philadelphia, Pa.

From the description of Edna Andrade interviews, 1987 Apr. 1 - 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220178174

Painter; Philadelphia, Pa.

Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1933-1937, receiving a B.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1937. She won Cresson Scholarships to travel to Europe in 1936 and 1937. In 1941, she married architect C. Preston Andrade. During WWII she worked under Eero Saarinen in the office of Strategic Services. After the war, Andrade returned to Philadelphia, where she taught at the Philadelphia College of Art between 1958 and her retirement in 1982. Andrade was a participant in the "op art" movement of the 1960s.

From the description of Edna Andrade papers, 1917-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79827570

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Subjects:

  • Art, Modern
  • Art teachers
  • Optical painting
  • Painters
  • Painters
  • Painting, Abstract
  • Women painters
  • Women painters

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)