Posted: April 04, 2011, Last Updated: May 19, 2011
| James Puzinas
Previously kept in family hands over the last 70 years, Edith Branson's paintings are currently being reintroduced to American collectors by Blue Heron Fine Art. It is hoped that the reputation she acquired while active will be recaptured and that her position among many other important women artists of that era can be reestablished. In keeping with our committment, Blue Heron Fine Art is pleased to also offer a selection of Pastels produced by Edith Branson in 1934. These colorful and captivating pastels are reflective of her personal life as a young woman living in the 1920's and ...
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New York City American Modernist,
avant-garde art movement,
cubism,
synchromism,
surrealism,
Picasso,
O'Keeffe,
Society of Independent Artists,
Corcoran Gallery 14th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art,
New York Society of Women Artists,
Theresa Bernstein,
Blanche Lazzell,
Agnes Weinrich,
Jonas Lie,
Richard Miller,
1934,
American art,
general antiques & arts
Posted: September 24, 2010, Last Updated: May 19, 2011
| James Puzinas
Edith Branson was an American modernist painter who created her own interpretation of the multitude of avant-garde movements that blossomed in Europe and New York City in the early 20th century. Most of Branson's work is reflective of her personal life as a young woman living in the 1920's and 1930's. Though not autobiographical, her surrealistic works introduce a woman's introspection into the many social changes of the day. Edith Branson was a significant contributor to the New York art scene both through her numerous exhibitions and in the roles she served as a director of the Society of ...
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Categories:
Edith Branson,
New York City,
Modernist,
orphism,
surrealism,
Society of Independent Artists,
Contemporary Arts Gallery,
Corcoran Gallery,
New York Society of Women Artists,
American art,
general antiques & arts,
synchromism,
cubism
