American, 1865 - 1944
Edith Prellwitz began her artistic training at the New York Art Students' League, under Kenyon Cox and George de Forest Brush. She was also briefly at the Paris Academie Julian, in the studios of Adolphe William Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury and Gustave Claude Courtois. Before returning home, Prellwitz exhibited at the Paris Salon.
By 1892, Prellwitz had established a studio in the Holbein Building in New York. Two years later, she married Henry Prellwitz, whom she knew as a student at the Art Students' League. Both specialized in literary subjects. The following year, the couple began spending their summers at the artists' colony in Cornish, New Hampshire.
Both Prellwitz and her husband specialized in literary subjects. In 1894, she was awarded the Hallgarten prize by the National Academy for Hagar and Ismael.
After their Cornish cottage was destroyed by fire in 1898, the Prellwitzes spent the warmer months at Peconic, Long Island, with their friends Lemuel Wiles, Irving Wiles and Edward August Bell. They settled there permanently in 1914. Evidently, the region suited Prellwitz for her tonal depictions of the winter landscape capture the isolated serenity of the area.
Prellwitz was well traveled, touring Germany and Italy, and spent time in the American Southwest, especially in California and Arizona. She received medals at the Atlanta Exposition in 1895 and at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901.
Additionally, she was a member of the Union Internationale des
Arts et Lettres and the Women's Cosmopolitan Club of New York.
By 1892, Prellwitz had established a studio in the Holbein Building in New York. Two years later, she married Henry Prellwitz, whom she knew as a student at the Art Students' League. Both specialized in literary subjects. The following year, the couple began spending their summers at the artists' colony in Cornish, New Hampshire.
Both Prellwitz and her husband specialized in literary subjects. In 1894, she was awarded the Hallgarten prize by the National Academy for Hagar and Ismael.
After their Cornish cottage was destroyed by fire in 1898, the Prellwitzes spent the warmer months at Peconic, Long Island, with their friends Lemuel Wiles, Irving Wiles and Edward August Bell. They settled there permanently in 1914. Evidently, the region suited Prellwitz for her tonal depictions of the winter landscape capture the isolated serenity of the area.
Prellwitz was well traveled, touring Germany and Italy, and spent time in the American Southwest, especially in California and Arizona. She received medals at the Atlanta Exposition in 1895 and at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901.
Additionally, she was a member of the Union Internationale des
Arts et Lettres and the Women's Cosmopolitan Club of New York.
