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From Villanova University Art Collection

  1. Abstract Figure by Irene Carmean Ponsell, Image 2.

    Irene Carmean Ponsell

    Abstract Figure, 1973

    Mixed Media

    16.5 x 13.5 in

  2. Abstract Still Life With Vase Of Flowers And Spatula by Seymour Franks, Image 2.

    Seymour Franks

    Abstract Still Life With Vase Of Flowers And Spatula, 1945

    oil on canvas

    27.5 x 23.5 in

  3. Abstract Construction by Seymour Zayon, Image 2.

    Seymour Zayon

    Abstract Construction

    Acrylic

    15.75 x 19.5 in

  4. Abstract Paintings by Adrian Siegel, Image 2.

    Adrian Siegel

    Abstract Paintings

    oil on board

    16 x 12 in

  5. Abstract Still Life by Raymond Saunders, Image 1.

    Raymond Saunders

    Abstract Still Life

  6. Abstract Landscape With Buildings by Leonard J. Leeds, Image 3.

    Leonard J. Leeds

    Abstract Landscape With Buildings

    oil on canvas

    20 x 30 in

  7. Abstract Landscape by Robert Douglas Goldman, Image 2.

    Robert Douglas Goldman

    Abstract Landscape

    Watercolor on paper

    17 x 21.25 in

  8. Abstraction by Emlen Etting, Image 1.

    Emlen Etting

    Abstraction

    44 x 60 in

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About the artist

Edythe Ferris

American

1897-1995

A painter, graphic artist, craftsperson, teacher, and writer, Edythe Ferris was born in Riverton, New Jersey. Ferris went on to study at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art) in 1916 and specialized in illustration. Throughout her career, Ferris exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Salons of American Art, the Society of Independent Artists, and the National Academy of Design. Ferris was deeply committed to fostering the arts in the Philadelphia community and served as the director of crafts and adult education at the Central YMCA in Philadelphia from 1934 to 1938. She also served as an instructor of crafts at the Montgomery Country Day School in Wynnewood from 1942 to 1949.

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