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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Ada Gilmore (married name Ada Gilmore Chaffee; 1883–1955) was an American watercolorist and printmaker, one of the Provincetown Printers.

Early life and education

Gilmore was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.Шаблон:R As a pre-teen, she and her three siblings became orphaned, and she moved to Belfast, Ireland, to live with an aunt.Шаблон:R She was a student at the Belfast School of Art,Шаблон:R and then at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,Шаблон:R from 1906 to 1912,Шаблон:R under the tutelage of Robert Henri.Шаблон:R There, she and her long-time companion, Mildred McMillen first met.Шаблон:R

After completing their studies, Gilmore and McMillen moved to Long Island and from there to Paris;Шаблон:R In 1915, World War I forced them to return to the US and they settled in Provincetown, Massachusetts.Шаблон:R With McMillen, Ethel Mars, and Maud Hunt Squire, they formed a group known as the Provincetown Printers.Шаблон:R

Career

In 1923, on another visit to Paris, Gilmore re-encountered Oliver Newberry Chaffee, Jr., who had studied with her under Robert Henri in New York City. They married in 1926, and under Chaffee's influence, Gilmore began concentrating more on her painting and less on her prints.[1]

Gilmore exhibited her prints at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition (PPIE).Шаблон:R With the other members of the Provincetown Printers, she developed a new style of printmaking using multiple colors on a single printing block, separated by white lines. Her prints have been described as "softer and more imaginative than the severely geometric" prints of the other members of the collective.Шаблон:R

Death and legacy

Gilmore and Chaffee returned to Provincetown in 1928 from France, where she died in 1955.Шаблон:R Chaffee had died in 1944 in Asheville, North Carolina.[2]

Gilmore's works are included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,Шаблон:R the National Gallery of Canada,Шаблон:R the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,Шаблон:R the Cleveland Museum of Art,Шаблон:R the Indianapolis Museum of Art,Шаблон:R and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Шаблон:R

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