Edith Lake Wilkinson

Edith Lake Wilkinson was an artist who lived and painted in the Provincetown, Massachusetts during the early decades of the 20th century until she was committed to an asylum for the mentally ill in 1924.[1] Wilkinson's life and work is highlighted in the film “Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson.[2]

Early life and education

Wilkinson, the daughter of James P. Wilkinson and Lucy Lake Atkinson Wilkinson, was born August 23, 1868 in Wheeling, West Virginia.[3] She moved to New York and studied at the Arts Student League of New York. Wilkinson later earned a degree from Columbia Teacher’s College.[1]

Later life and career as painter

Wilkinson spent time in in Provincetown from 1914 to 1923 as member of the Provincetown Art Colony.[1]

Wilkinson had a lesbian relationship with long-term female companion, Fannie Wilkinson, that was not approved of by her family's estate attorney.[1] In 1924 she was committed to Sheppard Pratt, an asylum for the mentally ill.[1] Wilkinson who spent the remainder of her life in a sanitarium, continued to paint after being institutionalized.[1] She was transferred to Huntington State Hospital in West Virginia in 1938 where she remained until she died on July 19, 1957.[3]

After her death, the painting were shipped to a relative in West Virginia.[4]

Decades later her life and art work was featured in a documentary “Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "A Heartfelt Documentary Unpacks the Work of a Forgotten Lesbian Artist | Bitch Media". Bitch Media. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  2. 1 2 "Works of three local documentarians to be screened at IFFBoston - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  3. 1 2 User, Super. "Edith Lake Wilkinson - Chronology". www.edithlakewilkinson.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  4. ↑ "'Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson': Palm Springs Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-11-03.


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