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| Hatch in her studio w/ "Rosemary Enters" |
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| Goldenrod by the Sea, Belle Harbor, NY | 1904 |
Emily Nichols Hatch was born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1871. She studied at the Artists and Artisans Institute, and the Shinnecock Summer School of Art on Long Island with Charles Hawthorne, Walter Shirlaw and William Merritt Chase.
She made several trips to Europe and had a studio in Paris. She was listed as portrait painter, wood-block printer, lecturer, teacher, and writer. In 1912, she was the recipient of the Macmillan Portrait Prize from the Woman's Art Club of New York. She was a member of the Pen and Brush Club, and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, where she served as President from 1921 through 1925. Elizabeth Cady Stanton served as President from 1928 to 1930.
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LHW Photo, Orchard at 49 N Main
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Around 1917, Lizbeth Halsey White notes in her scrapbook: "The old mulberry tree in the orchard and the swing. Emily [Nichols] Hatch painted a picture of this which has hung in several exhibits. Babbie, Manda, Jo, Ibby, and Boo."
On 6 July 1922, her work, "Rosemary Enters" [Portrait of a Woman] was included in an exhibit of paintings by the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors at Memorial Hall. Additional work included Edith Stowe Phelps’ group “Mother and Children;” Hilda Belcher’s “Aunt Jennifer’s China”; Christine Hefler’s “French Woman,” and Lucy Taggart’s “Janet.”
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| Rosemary Enters | 1914 |
The Southampton Press covered the opening saying, "There are portraits and child studies, landscapes, flowers, etc., all beautifully executive." On July 1, 1922, Babbie resigned her position as the Secretary of the Committee Building in Ithaca to study in New York City. It's extremely likely that she was at the art opening, sponsored by Samuel Parrish, which also included a musical program.
In 1940, Hatch became the Director of the Art Center in Tarrytown, New York. Hatch died in 1959, and her papers are in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.
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| Portrait of a Child | c 1952 |
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| Prout's Neck Beach, Maine | 1920 |
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| Coastal View | 1920 |
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| Untitled Water Color |
