Margaret Gest : painting at the threshold in 20th-c. Philadelphia / catalog authors: Erin Downey, Rachael Storm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Downey, Erin, contributor.

Hage, Emily, contributor.

Storm, Rachael, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gest, Margaret Ralston, 1900-1965--Exhibitions.

Gest, Margaret Ralston.

Art, American--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, American.

Artists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Exhibitions.

Artists.

Painters--Pennsylvania--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painters.

Modernism (Art)--Exhibitions.

Modernism (Art).

Women artists--20th century--Exhibitions.

Women artists.

Physical Description:

97 p. : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm. + 1 poster (folded).

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : St. Joseph's University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This groundbreaking exhibition is the first major solo show on Margaret Ralston Gest (1900-1965), an artist who exhibited with the Philadelphia Ten, a group of professional women artists who organized regional and national exhibitions from 1917 to 1945. Featuring approximately 50 artworks, the show will bring together for the first time paintings and drawings from Saint Joseph's University's permanent collection and other private and public collections in the region, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Barnes Foundation, Woodmere Art Museum, Bryn Mawr College, and Haverford College."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Bibliographical overview and reception

Margaret Gest's training and working practice

Margaret Gest's networks.

Notes:

List of exhibitions printed on pgs. 92-97 with the exact replica on accompanying poster.

"September 18 - December 14, 2025."--Exhibition dates.

"gestie."--Back cover.

ISBN:

9798218777432

OCLC:

1573015690