biography of Edith V. COWLES (1874-?)
Birth place: Farmington, CT
Profession: Painter, illustrator, craftsperson, teacher
Studied: John T. Niemeyer; Académie Julian, Paris with Laforge; Bruneau
Exhibited: Salons of Am.
Work: stained glass windows for St. Michael's Church, Brooklyn, NY; series of twenty-eight watercolor drawings of giotto frescoes, Life of St. Francis," in the Upper Church at Assisi (Italy), pub. Dutton (New York) and Dent (London)."
Comments: Illustrator: House of Seven Gables,"' by Hawthorne; "Old Virgina," by Thomas Nelson Page; "Friendship", by Emerson. Sister of Genevieve, Maud, and Mildred.
Sources: WW33; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists.