Edith Dimock

Edith Dimock (February 16, 1876 – October 28, 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 professionally after the marriage.

Personal life Dimock was born in 1876 in Hartford, Connecticut. 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.

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. Until they could find a larger place, they first lived in a one-room apartment in the Sherman Building in New York City. They then lived at 3 Washington Square North. Following the marriage, "she devoted her time and energies to her family." 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, an artist. Lenna and Edith were favored models for William Glackens. From 1911 to 1917, Dimock and her family spent the summers at Belport on Long Island, where her husband, William Glackens, painted beach scenes. In 1913 she marched in the large suffrage parade in New York, along with a group of other artists.

She then studied with Chase at the New York School of Art. with May Preston and another artist. The three women held weekly open houses and became known as the lively "Sherwood Sisters". The women gathered with male artists from the Ashcan School, including William Glackens and James Moore Preston, at Mouquin's and Cafe Francis. Following her marriage in 1904, Dimock continued to sign her works using her maiden name. and Kate Forrest Oswell's Stories Grandmother Told, which was published in 1912.

Her works were shown in 1908 with seven other painters at the Macbeth Galleries at the Ashcan School. Dimock exhibited at the New York Armory Show of 1913, where she showed 8 works, Sweat Shop Girls in the Country, Mother and Daughter, and six paintings, all entitled Group.

In 1928 her watercolor Contemporary portraits were shown with Beulah Stevenson's at the Whitney Studio Club and were then part of a traveling show to the Art Students League in New York, Fogg Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, and the Arts and Crafts Club in New Orleans. The Whitney Studio Club, led by women patrons, held a solo exhibition of Dimock's work.