Rosalie Gwathmey

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Rosalie Gwathmey (September 15, 1908 – February 12, 2001) was an American painter and photographer. Her husband was painter Robert Gwathmey and her son was architect Charles Gwathmey.

Gwathmey studied painting at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Art Students League of New York. She joined the Photo League in 1942 where she studied photography and contributed to Photo Notes as a writer, reviewer and editor.^[1] After FBI investigations in the early 1950s, Gwathmey stopped photographing, destroyed her negatives, and donated many of her prints to the New York Public Library.^[2] In the 1960s and 70s, she was a textile designer.

References

↑ Rosalie Gwathmey at The Jewish Museum
↑ The New York Times obituary: Rosalie Gwathmey, 92, a Photographer of Southern Black Life

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Name	Gwathmey,Rosalie
Alternative names
Short description	Painter and photographer
Date of birth	September, 15 1908
Place of birth	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Date of death	February 12, 2001
Place of death	Amagansett, New York, United States

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