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87: 247:, April to September 2018 at Discover Portsmouth, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The show was organized by the Portsmouth Historical Society and curated by Lainey McCartney. Fiske, says McCartney, "challenged established stereotypes for women with her extraordinary talent, dignity, and work ethic. Painting during a time when conservative traditions and social roles were firmly set for women, Fiske forged her own path." 151:
Fiske was known for her strong depictions of women in traditional scenes, such as women in interiors, with power, instead of gentility and fragility. She included both men and women in her compositions, used bold colors, and was well respected for her likeness of male artists. She often portrayed
240:, and the Guild of Boston Artists. Prizes include the Shaw price for women artists (twice), the best figure composition (twice), the Proctor prize for portraiture from the National Academy of Design. 132:, and incorporated his recommendation to "paint in verbs not in nouns." Her early work was greatly influenced by this aesthetic, but she later moved in other directions. Fiske was a co-founder of the 512: 136:
in 1914 and of the Boston Society of Etchers in 1917. Fiske was a well-established painter by the mid 1920s. In 1928 she was also a co-founder of the Ogunquit Art Association. During the
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Erica E. Hirschler. A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870–1940. MFA Publications, 2001 (p179); Gertrude Fiske (1879–1961), Boston: Vose Galleries, 1987.
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characters (including florists, craftsmen, postmen, fishermen and clerics), in a style popular throughout the 1920s. Fiske also painted landscapes, including of
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of painters in the early 20th century. She was the first woman appointed to the Massachusetts State Art Commission in 1929.
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Erica E. Hirschler. A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870–1940. MFA Publications, 2001 (p141).
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and was the daughter of a prominent local lawyer. Before becoming an artist, she was a successful
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Gertrude Fiske: Oil Paintings 1910–1928 (New York: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, 1969).
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Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design
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The artwork of Gertrude Fiske was the subject of the exhibition
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Gertrude Fiske (1879-1961). Images of Women: 1904-1935
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Boston, Massachusetts
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Boston School
Boston
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Boston Museum School
Edmund C. Tarbell
Frank Benson
Charles H. Woodbury
Ogunquit, Maine
Guild of Boston Artists
Great Depression
National Academy of Design
National Association of Women Artists
New England
Revere Beach
Weston, Massachusetts
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Thomas B. Clarke
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Institute of Chicago
National Academy of Design
Corcoran Gallery
Cleveland Museum of Art
Rhode Island School of Design
Weston, Massachusetts

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