Lot 191: Katherine Merrill

Katherine Merrill New York (1876-1962) THE PHONE monoprint, framed, signed & titled: lower right margin Dia.12 3/4" *Artist biography: Known as a painter in the Impressionist style, as well as an etcher, Katherine Merrill was born 1876 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago; New York Art Student League; as well as with Frederick Richardson, John Vanderpoel, William H. Low, Frank Duveneck, Albert Herter, William Merritt Chase, and in London with Frank Brangwyn. She was a teacher at the Art Student League in New York, and in Charleston at the South Carolina Museum of Art. She also became a prominent impressionist landscape artist in Sarasota, Florida during the 1930s, although she lived primarily in New York City. She was President of the Sarasota Artist's Association. She was a member of the Society of American Etchers; Chicago Society of Etchers; Brooklyn Society of Etchers; California Society of Etchers; and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. Eight of her works are in National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. In addition to numerous other museums, her work is also represented in the Newark, New Jersey Public Library; the Springfield, Illinois Public Library; and the Art Department of Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin.