The Potters (artists group)
The Potters was a group of female artists in their late teens and early twenties who published from 1904 to 1907 The Potter's Wheel, a monthly artistic and literary magazine.[1]
Name
The name The Potter's Wheel was inspired by the facing pair of potters made by Caroline Risque which appeared in the inaugural November 1904 magazine.[2]
Mentor
Lillie Rose Ernst was a mentor for The Potters, who described themselves as "idolatrous females worshipping a yellow-haired Amazon", and of Ernst they said she was a "blond brute... the star of our existence."[3][4][5]
Members
The Potters included:[6]
- Grace Parrish (1882–1954) and Williamina Parrish (1880–1940), respected photographers who worked together as the Parrish Sisters. Williamina "Will" Parrish was considered the leader of The Potters,. She was also the editor of the magazine. Grace Parrish, Will’s younger sister, was also a very successful photographer. She was also a model and a violinist.[7]
- Sara Teasdale (1884–1933), lyric poet. Will Parrish played a major role in Sara Teasdale's life, helping her organize the poems for her first collection.[8] They met in 1903 and Teasdale was among the initial members of The Potters.[9][10]
- Guida Richey (b. 1881) writer, lived one block down the street from the Parrish Sisters. Grace and Guida remained close friends and often travelled together.
- Caroline Risque (1883–1952) American painter and sculptor.[11][12]
- Petronelle Sombart (1897–1949) (artist)
- Vine Colby (writer)
- Inez Dutro (writer)
- Celia Harris (writer)
- Edna Wahlert (writer)
Legacy
Sara Teasdale dedicated a sonnet to Ernst which begins:
To L.R.E.
When I first saw you – felt you take my hand
I could not speak for happiness.[13]
External links
Media related to The Potters (artists group) at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ "Lawyers, Teachers, Actors: Lillie Rose Ernst". A Celebration of Women at Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^ Shea, Daniel B. (2012). The Patience of Pearl: Spiritualism and Authorship in the Writings of Pearl Curran. University of Missouri Press. p. 115. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Meet the Potters". Missouri History Museum. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^ Corbett, Katharine T. (1999). In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History. Missouri History Museum. p. 180. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^ "Meet the Potters". Missouri History Museum. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "1900-1960s". Saint Louis LGBT History Project. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^ "The Potters: Biographies". Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Runco, Mark A. (2011). Encyclopedia of Creativity. Academic Press. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Sara Teasdale Biography". Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Collection of Teasdale's letters in the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library.
- ^ "The Potters: Biographies". The Potter's Wheel. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Anne (1914). Notable women of St. Louis, 1914. St. Louis, Woodward. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Drake, William (1989). Sara Teasdale: Woman and Poet. University of Tennessee Press. p. 21.
