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Emily Burling Waite

Emily Burling Waite (1887–1980) was an American printmaker and painter.[1][2]

Emily Burling Waite
Born1887 (1887)
Worcester, MA
Died1980(1980-00-00) (aged 92–93)

Early life and education edit

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she studied first at the Worcester Art Museum School, then the Art Students League, New York.[3] Following this, she studied for two years at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School.[3]

Career edit

Waite held the Paige Travelling Scholarship of the Museum School from 1910-1912,[4] and she had a solo exhibit in 1913 at the Renaissance Court.[5] In 1917 in Newport, Rhode Island, Waite had a solo exhibit of portraits and etchings, which was reviewed as "the drawing of the former is excellent,"[6] and in 1921 she had a studio in Newport.[7]

Life edit

Waite married Arthur Williams Manchester, a shipwright and president of the Williams and Manchester Shipyard,[8] on September 10, 1924 in Worcester.[9][10] They had two children, Lemuel A. W. Manchester and Laura Manchester Smith.[8][11]

Collections edit

Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;[10][12][13][14] Smithsonian American Art Museum;[1] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[15]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Emily Burling Waite". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Mark (22 October 2016). "Worcester Art History up for Bid". Telegram & Gazette. pp. A3. ISSN 1050-4184. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ a b "Emily Burling Waite Portrait". Worcester Women's History Project (WWHP). 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ^ Coolidge, J. Templeman (1910). "Report of the Committee on the School of the Museum". Annual Report for the Year ... (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). 35. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: 86. ISSN 2380-534X. JSTOR 43478293.
  5. ^ "Department of Paintings: Special Exhibitions". Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin. 11 (61): 12. February 1913. ISSN 0899-0344. JSTOR 4423579.
  6. ^ "Art News from Summer Colonies - Newport Art Association". American Art News. 15 (36): 3. 18 August 1917. ISSN 1944-0227. JSTOR 25589104.
  7. ^ "Newport Colony Deserts Resort; Week Uneventful". New York Tribune. 2 October 1921. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. Retrieved 10 June 2023 – via Chronicling America - Library of Congress. Miss Emily Burling Waite will close her studio during the week and will go to Worcester and from there to New York, where she will take a studio for the winter months.
  8. ^ a b "Lemuel A. W. Manchester". Telegram & Gazette. 31 January 2013. pp. B4. ISSN 1050-4184 – via ProQuest.
  9. ^ "Summer Weddings". The American Magazine of Art. 15 (11): 611. 1924. ISSN 2151-254X. JSTOR 23929604.
  10. ^ a b "Department of Paintings - Gifts and Bequests". The Museum Year: Annual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 103. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: 42. 1978. ISSN 0740-0403. JSTOR 43481837. Gift of Emily Burling Waite Manchester
  11. ^ "Manchester, Lemuel A. W.". Hartford Courant. 30 January 2013. pp. B9. ISSN 1047-4153 – via ProQuest.
  12. ^ "Tijmentje Polishing Brass". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Expectation". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  14. ^ "The rose garden at Beacon Hill House, 1925". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Barge at Anchor". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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