Ethel Edwards papers

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Ethel Edwards papers

circa 1929-1999

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The papers of painter, illustrator, and educator Ethel Edwards (1914-1999) measure 11.2 linear feet and date from circa 1929 to 1999. The papers are comprised of biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, business records for the Wellfeet Art Gallery that she operated with her husband Xavier Gonzalez along with records for Edwards' personal business activities, printed materials, three scrapbooks, photographic materials, artwork, and 32 sketchbooks.

11.2 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 8258591

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Edwards, Ethel, 1914-1999.

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Painter, illustrator, teacher; New York, N.Y., and Provincetown and Wellfleet, Mass. Born 1914. Died 1999. Ethel Edwards was born in New Orleans in 1914 and entered Newcomb College there in 1933 on scholarship. In September 1935, her teacher for life drawing, watercolor, and portrait drawing was painter Xavier Gonzalez, whom she married the following summer. After studying in Paris in 1937-38, she returned to Alpine, Texas, where in 1939 she won the Forty-Eight State Mur...

Gonzalez, Xavier, 1898-1993

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Painter, sculptor, teacher;New York, N.Y. and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Died 1993. Born in Almeria, Spain. Became a United States citizen. Taught at Tulane University, the Brooklyn Museum, Art Students League, N.Y.C., and the Summer School of Art, Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Has done mural commissions in Alabama, Texas, and Louisiana. From the description of Xavier Gonzalez papers, 1905-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84451759 ...