Women Artists of Woods Hole: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Gallery 2

Inspired by art collector and summer resident Marcella Garber Polisar Katz, this new exhibit highlights the museum’s collection of paintings, prints and other works on paper by women artists of Woods Hole. The exhibit also includes a color illustration by Julie Child from her recent donation of more than 500 works to the museum.

The 24 artists are:
Anna Maria Fay (1828-ca.1922)
Maria Denny Fay (1820-1890)
Sarah Bryant Fay (1856-1936)
Sarah Anne Bimm Fay (1888-1971)
Persis Addy Crowell (1869-1960)
Myra Porter Rankin Chapman Russell-Hunter (1926-1990)
Deborah Handy (1952-present)
Doris W. Epstein (1924-2024)
Laura Grosch (1945-present)
Rose Danzig Grundfest (1906-1999)
Elizabeth Cavanagh Cohen (1924-2016)
Sara Berlin Amatniek (1922-1996)
Peggy Clark Kelley (1915-1996)
Lola Robertson (1911-2007)
Mary Mavor (1925-2005)
Caroline Wheeler (ca. 1911-2004)
Margaret E. Cornman (1923-2011)
Gertrude Whiting (ca. 1899-1981)
Priscilla Levesque (ca. 1947-present)
Joan Kanwisher (1924-2019)
Alison Robb (1931-2022)
Julie S. Child (1934-present)
Ruth Gainer (1939-present)
Elaine Pear Cohen (1920-1995)

Boats on the Water, 1999
Doris W. Epstein (1924-2024)
This painting is a recent gift to the museum from the collection of Marcella Garber Polisar Katz, donated by her daughters, Martha Ellen Katz and Barbara Ethel Katz Green.

Artist Laura Grosch with her work Yalden Sundial Relief in the museum gallery.