Large Impasto Painting of House on the Water by Lephe Kingsley Holden

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Large Impasto Painting of House on the Water by Lephe Kingsley Holden. Signed lower right.
Lephe Kingsley Holden (1881 - … Read more Large Impasto Painting of House on the Water by Lephe Kingsley Holden. Signed lower right.
Lephe Kingsley Holden (1881 - 1973) was active/lived in Connecticut, New York. Lephe Holden was a painter and art teacher. She was born in Hadley, Massachusetts on May 1, 1881. She was the daughter of Elbridge Kingsley and Elizabeth (Cook) Kingsley. Elbridge Kingsley was a painter, wood engraver and illustrator for the Century Co.
Lephe was a graduate of Hopkins Academy, Hadley, Massachusetts and the Art Student's League, New York. She studied privately with Augustus V. Tack, Dwight Tryon, Guy Wiggins, George E. Browne, Hippolito Hidalgo, and Ed Carviedes. Holden taught art at Maxwell Training College, New York (1908-1912). She married Samuel M. Holden on October 1912, and they were married until his death in January 1936.
Holden also served as the Director of Art Instruction in Westport, Connecticut School System (1927-1947). Initially she was the only art teacher, but at the time of her retirement there were five assistant instructors. She exhibited with the American Watercolor Society
Education: Pratt Institute; Art Students League, NYC; With George Elmer Browne; Guy Wiggins Summer Art School, Essex, Connecticut, 1936. Membership: Key West Art and Historical Society; Key West Artists Group; National Association of Women Artists; Connecticut Watercolor Artists; Old Lyme Art Association; Silvermine Guild of Artists; Westport Artists Association; American Artists Guild; American Watercolor Society. Exhibits: The Tides, Key West, February 1949, Key West scenes; Key West Art and Historical Society, 1st Annual Local Art Exhibition, West Martello Art Gallery, February 1950; The Argent Galleries, New York City; Studio Guild, New York City; Key West Woman’s Club, Duval Street, March 1950; Key West Art and Historical Society, East Martello Gallery, February 1951, Galveston Lane; Artists Street Fair, Clinton Place, February 1952; Portrait of Key West, East Martello Tower, January 1953; Artists Street Fair, 4th Annual, Clinton Place, January 1953; Artists Street Fair, Clinton Place, February 1953, Fish Docks; Karns’ Studio, Duval Street, February 1953; All Key West Artists Exhibit, East Martello Tower, November 1955, Bombay Blossoms; Key West Artists Group, Annual Street Fair, February 1956, 1957; East Martello Tower, February- March 1957, with Elvira Reilly, oil and watercolor paintings; East Martello Gallery, November 1957, oils, including, Key West Street.

Dimensions: Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 34.75 in (88.27 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
Materials and Techniques: Masonite, Paint, Wood
Period: 1940-1949
Date of Manufacture: 1940-1949
Condition: Good See less