Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862 - 1938) American
Title: In the Orchard
Photogravure Goupil - Copyright 1894 by E. C. Tarbell
Measure 14 1/2"in H x 19"in W

Known for: Upper-class female figure and portrait painting
Biography: Edmund Charles Tarbell is considered the leader of the "Boston School" of artists, a group whose paintings are generally characterized by an Impressionist technique, often depicting single female figures in dark interior settings. Other notable members of the unofficial "Boston School" include Frank Benson, Joseph De Camp, Philip Leslie Hale, and William Paxton. Tarbell was born in West Groton, Massachusetts in 1862. He studied drawing as early as grammar school, and entered the Boston Museum school in 1879. In 1883, Tarbell and his classmate, Frank Benson, set sail for Paris in order to study at the Academie Julian. The two young artists also took time to travel throughout England, France, and Germany. In 1886, Tarbell returned to Massachusetts, settling in Dorchester where he earned a living as a portrait painter. In 1889, Tarbell began teaching at the Boston Museum School, a position he retained until 1912. By 1891, Tarbell began painting bright, loose canvases in the Impressionist manner, and in 1898, became a founding member of The Ten. However, by 1905, Tarbell adopted a quieter, low-keyed style for his interior figure studies--a style critics often compared to 17th-century Dutch Masters. This style is most often associated with the "Boston School," as above described. In 1918, Tarbell became the Director of the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., continuing to summer in New Castle, New Hampshire, where he had maintained a home since the late 1880s. In 1926, he retired permanently to New Castle, where he was able to devote much time to his favorite hobbies, baseball, golf, and horses. He died in 1938.

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