biography of Edith Longstreth WOOD (1885-1967)

Birth place: Phila.,PA

Addresses: Philadelphia 3, PA

Profession: Painter, lithographer

Studied: Bryn Mawr College (A.B.); PAFA ( Cresson traveling scholarship); England; H. Breckenridge; Scandinavian Art Acad., Paris; H. Hoffman.

Exhibited: NAD; PAFA Ann., 1927-48; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1930-39 (3 times); PAFA Fellowship, 1956-58; Phila. Plastic Club, 1933 (med.); Southern Vermont Artists, 1956-58; others in New England, New Mexico & Calif.; Moore College Art & Des., Phila., 1998 (retrospective, "The Phila. Ten.")

Member: Phila. Art All. (fellow); Phila. Pr. Club; The Phila. Ten; Southern Vermont Artists; Plastic Club; North Shore AA; Phila. WCC .

Work: PAFA; La France Inst., Phila.; Phila. Art All.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Talbott and Sidney, The Phila. Ten; add'l info. courtesy of Peter Bissell, Cooperstown, NY; Falk, Exh. Record Series.