biography of Ethel GILMORE (1894-1984)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: Cape May, NJ

Profession: Painter, instructor

Studied: Hunter College, with A. Dasburg & G. E. Brown & B.A.; Columbia Univ., with C. J. Martin & Hibbard & M.A.; ASL, with P. Kapple & H. Snell.

Exhibited: Argent Gal., 1938-46; WFNY, 1939; Wolfe AC, 1938, 1939; NAWA, 1938-46, 1972; All. Artists Am., 1939-45, 1951 (award), 1971; Currier Gal., 1940; Audubon Artists, 1945; New Jersey Soc. P&S, 1945, 1946, 1972; Gotham Painters, 1944-46; High Mus. Art, 1943; Jersey City Mus. Assn., 1953 (award); Atlantic City AA Ann., 1967 (best in show),1969; Prof. Artist South Jersey, 1971 .

Member: Allied Artists Am. (recording secretary, 1950-54; corresponding secretary, 1954-55); NAWA (jury art selection, 1959-60); New Jersey Soc. P&S; Atlantic City AA (life member); Gotham Painters; Wolfe AC; Prof. Artists South Jersey.

Work: Jersey City (NJ) Mus.; Junior Mus., Albany, GA; La Salle College, Phila.

Comments: Preferred medium: oils. Positions: chmn. art dept., Women's Community Club, 1957-73. Teaching: instructor fine arts, De Witt Clinton H.S., New York, 1923-50, chmn. dept, 1950-52.

Sources: WW73; WW47; A. P. Smith, Careers, John C. Romans & Ethel M. Gilmore," NJ Music & Arts (March, 1969) "