Martha Simkins 走进
心境 并非
艺术画廊
随心选择一种心境,空间便会给出回应 —— 灯光随之变冷或变暖,空气的节奏随之改变,唯有承载着那份情感的作品会从黑暗中脱颖而出。其余的一切,皆隐入阴影之中。
Martha Simkins
A Life in Color and Form Martha Simkins was an American painter whose artistic journey spanned much of the twentieth century. Born in Monticello, United States, she eventually settled in Texas after her family moved to Corsicana. Her formal training began around 1893 when she traveled to Manhattan to enroll at the Art Students League of New York, where she studied under Kenyon Cox, Emil Carlsen, and William Merritt Chase. Her dedicatio
n to her craft led her back to New York City to continue her studies with William Merritt Chase in 1906. Between 1906 and 1915, Simkins pursued her art in Europe, where she befriended Mary Cassatt. During this period, she also met John Singer Sargent. Her career was marked by a nomadic elegance; from 1915 to 1924, she split her time between Dallas and the Woodstock Art Colony in New York, maintaining studios in both locations. By 192…