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Edith Dimock (1876–1955) was an American painter. Her work was exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show in New York. She married fellow artist, William Glackens, but continued to use her maiden name when signing her works. ==Personal life== Edith Dimock was born February 16, 1876〔 in Hartford, Connecticut.〔 Given the nickname of "Teed", she was the daughter of Ira Dimock, a silk merchant based in Connecticut, and older sister of Stanley, Harold Edwin and Florence Irene Dimock (1889-1962).〔Ronald G. Pisano; Marjorie Shelley. ''William Merritt Chase: Portraits in oil''. Yale University Press; 2007. ISBN 978-0-300-11021-0. p. 143.〕〔Ira Glackens. ''William Glackens and the Eight: The Artists Who Freed American Art''. Writers & Readers Pub. in association with Tenth Avenue Eds.; 1 September 1990. ISBN 978-0-86316-076-9. p. 33.〕 Dimock developed an interest in art in her childhood and began her education in art in New York in her 20s against the wishes of her parents.〔 On February 16, 1904 she married painter William Glackens in her family's Vanderbilt Hill mansion,〔 originally built for Cornelius Vanderbilt.〔Wilson H. Faude. ''(West Hartford )''. Arcadia Publishing; 1 January 2004. ISBN 978-0-7385-3486-2. p. 87.〕 File:Edith Dimock's childhood home, Vanderbilt Hill. Built in 1879, razed in 1920.jpg|Ira Dimock's house on Vanderbilt Hill, Hartford, Connecticut where Edith Dimock was raised and married (built in 1879, razed in 1920) File:William Glackens, The Shoppers.jpg|William Glackens, The Shoppers, 1907-1908, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia. The central figure is Edith Dimock. As a wedding present, Robert Henri painted portraits of the bride and groom. Edith's portrait was started in 1902. In it, she was described as "still a demure socialite from Hartford" by author Bennard Perlman.〔Marian Wardle. ''(American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910-1945 )''. Rutgers University Press; 2005. ISBN 978-0-8135-3684-2. p. 101.〕 Until they could find a larger place, they first lived in a one-room apartment in the Sherman Building in New York City.〔Bennard B. Perlman, (''The Immortal Eight; American Painting from Eakins to the Armory Show (1870-1913).'' ) New York: Exposition Press, 1962. p. 130. Accessed via Questia, an online subscription service.〕 They then lived at 3 Washington Square North.〔Helene Barbara Weinberg. ''(American Impressionism and Realism )''. Metropolitan Museum of Art; 2009. ISBN 978-1-876509-99-6. p. 74.〕 Following the marriage, "she devoted her time and energies to her family."〔Petteys, Chris, ''Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900'', G.K. Hall & Co, Boston, Ma, 1985〕 Their son Ira, born in 1907, was a writer who wrote two books about his father. In 1913 Dimock gave birth to their daughter, Lenna,〔Ann Lee Morgan Former Visiting Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago. ''(The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists )''. Oxford University Press; 27 June 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-802955-7. p. 181.〕〔Deborah J. Johnson; David Ogawa; Kermit Swiler Champa. ''(Seeing and Beyond: Essays on Eighteenth- to Twenty-first Century Art in Honor of Kermit S. Champa )''. Peter Lang; 1 January 2005. ISBN 978-0-8204-7084-9. p. 267.〕 an artist. Lenna and Edith were favored models for William Glackens.〔(''All in the Family Paintings and Works on Paper by Members of the Glackens Family.'' ) ArtSlant Miami. Retrieved April 28, 2014.〕 From 1911 to 1917, Dimock and her family spent the summers at Belport on Long Island, where her husband, William Glackens, painted beach scenes.〔Deborah J. Johnson; David Ogawa; Kermit Swiler Champa. ''(Seeing and Beyond: Essays on Eighteenth- to Twenty-first Century Art in Honor of Kermit S. Champa )''. Peter Lang; 1 January 2005. ISBN 978-0-8204-7084-9. p. 265.〕〔 Artists and good friends May Preston and James Moore Preston often spent the summers there and traveled with the Glackens to Europe.〔 Dimock was an honorary secretary of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in 1911 and 1915.〔Elizabeth Crawford, (''The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928.'' ) London: UCL Press, 1999. p. 442.〕 In 1913 she marched in the large suffrage parade in New York, along with a group of other artists.〔 Her husband died in 1938. Dimock died October 28, 1955 at her home in Hartford.〔(''Edith L Dimock Glackens.'' ) Find A Grave. Retrieved April 27, 2014.〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edith Dimock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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