Edith Catlin Phelps (American 1875 - 1961); Relaxation; Oil on canvas; 20 x 24 in; Birth place: NYC
Death place: Santa Barbara, CA
Addresses: Connecticut; NYC; Providencetown, MA; Santa Barbara, CA
Profession: Painter, etcher
Studied: Charles Hawthorne; William M. Chase; Académie Julian, Paris.
Painter, etcher. Born in NYC on April 16, 1874. Edith Catlin studied with Charles Hawthorne, Wm M. Chase, and at Académie Julian in Paris. The wife of Stowe Phelps, she lived in Connecticut and NYC before settling in Santa Barbara in the 1930s where she remained until her death on July 8, 1961.
Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1925; Salons of Am., 1925, 1926; Corcoran Gal biennial, 1921; PAFA Ann., 1924-25; AIC; GGE 1939; LACMA; San Diego FAS, 1938 (prize); Sacramento State Fair, 1938 (prize), 1941 (prize); Oakland Art Gal.; Santa Cruz AL, 1935; Santa Barbara Mus. Art, 1945 (solo); CAFA (prize); Madonna Festival, Los Angeles, 1951 (prize), 1956 (prize).
Member: CAFA; All. A. Am.; Santa Barbara AA; San Diego FAS.
Work: NYC Court House; Wilshire Presbyterian Church.
Sources: WW59; WW47. More recently, see Hughes, Artists in California, 437; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists, cites alternate birth date of 1879; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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