Paddock, along with fellow artist Theresa Bernstein, contributed to a large, diverse exhibition of the work of over 100 women artists benefiting women’s suffrage in 1915 at MacBeth Galleries in New York. One year later, Paddock and Bernstein, along with Louise Upton Brumback, Cecilia Beaux, and Jane Peterson, exhibited in the first season of the Gallery-on-the-Moors – making a significant impact on Gloucester’s cultural life, leading to the establishment of the North Shore Arts Association.
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Rocky Neck
A member of the National Association of Women Artists, Ethel Louise Paddock studied under Robert Henri and John Sloan, two major figures in American art. She and her sister, Josephine, frequently painted together in Gloucester, and also exhibited together. Her airy modernist technique embodies the modernist movement of the period, and yet is distinctly a style of her own.
Ship on a Stormy Sea
Often mentioned in the same breath as Monet and Whistler, John Henry Twachtman is considered one of the most original and advanced artists of the late nineteenth century. He travelled and painted extensively in Munich and Venice. His good friend, the artist Frank Duveneck, introduced him to Gloucester, where Twachtman focused on his bold, vibrant alla prima (“all-in-one-sitting”) style. He died in Gloucester in 1902. 7900
Outgoing Tide, Good Harbor Beach
An independent, creative modernist, Ethyl Louise Paddock studied under Robert Henri and John Sloan, at the New York School of Art. She and her artist sister, Josephine, frequently painted together in Gloucester, and also exhibited together at the National Association of Women Artists, where both were members. Good Harbor Beach was one of her favorite Cape Ann subjects.