Charcoal on paper by Edna Martin (1896-1996). SLR. Matted & framed under glass: 18" x22". Martin graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1918, focusing on drawing and painting. She worked under Eliza Gardiner, a nationally recognized printmaker who was among the first Americans to exhibit color woodcuts in the New York-Berlin Photographic Exhibit in 1916. Upon graduating, Martin taught briefly at RISD as a Saturday art instructor until she secured a teaching position at the Lincoln School in 1924. With this job security, she launched into the most productive period of her artistic life. A member of the Providence Art Club and the Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Martin regularly submitted individual pieces and exhibited at both institutions. In a 1931 exhibition at the Providence Art Club with Eliza Gardiner, the Providence Journal noted that Martin showed “a number of delicate drypoints mostly of animals and western subjects. In these products of the copper plate and diamond needle, most of the characteristic burr has been carefully scraped down, and the result is a fineness and delicacy of line that even an etching cannot give.” Her prints were selected for exhibition in some prestigious venues such as the National Arts Club, the Art Institute of Chicago, Providence Art Club, and the Providence Watercolor Club.

Good

8 x 14 in

6 lb