#woodmere art museum

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Elizabeth Shippen Green Portrait of the Artist's Father, Jasper Green (c. 1900) charcoal on paper 8" x 7 3/8"

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Arthur Beecher Carles

Woman with Red Hair. 1922 

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Betty W. Hubbard (1901 - 1967): [Male Nude] (Undated) Watercolor on paper. 14" x 8 ¾". Gift of Leslie P. Symington, 2011. Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia.

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Susan Pendleton Sellers, Rachel Sleeping, Undated, Oil on canvas, 1966, 30 x 36 1/8 in.

Woodmere Art Museum.

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Edith Emerson - Portrait of Violet Oakley (n.d.)

An accomplished painter who also designed murals, stained glass, illustrations, and bookplates, Emerson was the director of Woodmere Art Museum from the early 1940s through her retirement in 1979. Here, she places her life partner, Violet Oakley, at the center of the couple’s vibrantly colored home. Everything in this symmetrical composition directs the viewer’s eyes to Oakley: the blue dishes and vases, the fruit-filled bowl, the candlesticks, the flowered curtains, and the painting in the background. Squarely behind Oakley is a representation of Oakley's painting Il Convito (The Banquet), in which Emerson is dressed as her alter ego, Giovanni.

Emerson and Oakley met at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where Emerson was a student in Oakley’s mural painting class. To Emerson, Oakley was the “most stimulating . . . electrifying teacher, opening up undreamed of possibilities and encouraging every effort. It was exciting, especially to women students as it abolished any sense of inferiority.” The twenty-two-year-old Emerson was highly educated and had traveled widely. She became Oakley’s studio assistant in 1916 and two years later moved into Oakley’s home in Mount Airy. After Oakley’s death in 1961, Emerson established the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, which was dedicated to keeping alive her memory and ideals. (source)

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Alice Kent Stoddard, (American, 1883-1976),

Leila, 1915, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in., Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania, Gift, George D. Horst

Alice Kent Stoddard (1883–1976) was an American painter of portraits, landscapes, and seascapes. Many of her works, particularly portraits, are in public collections, including University of Pennsylvania's portrait collection, Woodmere Art Museum, and other museums. She lived and painted on Monhegan Island in Maine, an enclave of artists. During World War II, she worked as a combat artist and drafted designs for airplanes. She married late in life to Joseph Pearson, who had been a friend and taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Via Wikipedia

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John W. Mosley (May 19, 1907 – October 1, 1969) was a self-taught photojournalist who documented the everyday activities of the African-American community in Philadelphia for more than 30 years, a period including both WWII and the civil rights movement. His work was published in newspapers and magazines including The Philadelphia Tribune, The Pittsburgh Courier, and Jet magazine.

He has been called a “cultural warrior” for preserving a record of African American life in Pennsylvania, one which combats “negative stereotypes and false interpretations of African-American history and culture”. More than 300,000 of his photographs are included in the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University. Exhibitions of his work have been shown at the Philadelphia International Airport and the Woodmere Art Museum.

He studied at Johnson C. Smith University.

He moved to Philadelphia as part of the Great Migration. He obtained a job as a professional photographer at Barksdale Photography Studio. He had a darkroom and photographic studio at the Christian Street YMCA. He traveled around Philadelphia on public transit, carrying his cameras and other equipment.

Proud of his heritage, he chose to portray the African American community positively at family, social, and cultural events that were part of daily life. He photographed individuals and families at weddings, picnics, churches, segregated beaches, sporting events, concerts, galas, and civil rights protests. During a time of racism and segregation, he emphasized the achievements of African American celebrities, athletes, and political leaders.

Among those he photographed were Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Wilt Chamberlain, Ora Washington, Paul Leroy Robeson, Billy Eckstine, Billie Holiday, Martin Luther King Jr., Cecil B. Moore, Marian Anderson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and President Richard Nixon.

He was the official photographer of the First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.

He was one of the first African Americans to be a syndicated photographer. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Gallery talk with juror Doug Bucci at Woodmere Art Museum. I appreciate the ‘Dutch’ reference and the opportunity to share about my work~

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THE PHOTO REVIEW 38TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION – 2023

Competition

Accepted work will be reproduced in the 2023 competition issue of The Photo Review, a critical journal of photography with an international scope and readership, and on The Photo Review website (for an example, click here). Prizewinners will be exhibited at the prestigious Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia. Editor’s selections will be exhibited in several Photo Review web galleries.

Awards

Over $4,000 worth of prizes. Awards include a $1,000 purchase prize for inclusion in the Haverford College Photography Collection, one of the largest and most comprehensive college photography collections in the United States, selected by William Earle Williams, the Audrey A. and John L. Dusseau Professor in Humanities; Professor of Fine Arts and Curator of Photography, at Haverford College; a $500 gift certificate for printing at Booksmart Studio; a Wacom Intuos Pro Medium tablet; two $250 gift certificates to PhotoLounge; a $200 gift certificate from Shades of Paper, a leading supplier of inkjet photo paper; a $200 gift certificate for Red River paper; $225 in gift certificates for Think Tank camera bags; numerous fabulous items from Photogenic Supply; a 20″x24″ silver gelatin fiber print from Digital Silver Imaging; and a feature on the Laurence Miller Gallery's Picture of the Week email blast.

Deadline

Online submission deadline is March 27, 2023, 3am EST.

Jurors

Deborah Willis, University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow.

Learn more and submit!

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Tom Judd - Man’s Head, Acrylic on wood, 86 x 48 x 1 3/8 in., 1985 (source)

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Edith Neff, Portrait of Oliver — Harry Soviak’s Dog

From Woodmere Art Museum

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Linda Lee Alter “Both Came First: The Chicken is in the Egg and the Egg is in the Chicken" 2012 Acrylic on birch plywood. Woodmere Art Museum

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Gilbert Lewis (American, 1945), Interior, 1988. Gouache on paper, 40 x 31.5 in. Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia

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Edith Emerson (July 27, 1888 – November 21, 1981) was an American painter, muralist, illustrator, writer, and curator. She was the life partner of acclaimed muralist Violet Oakley and served as the vice-president, president, and curator of the Woodmere Art Museum in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1940 to 1978.

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Harry Soviak, Untitled (Dalmatian)

On display at the Woodmere Art Museum