Edna Boies Hopkins (1872-1937)
Edna Boies Hopkins was born in Hudson, Michigan, and married Ohio artist, James R. Hopkins (1877-1969) in 1904. She studied at the Pratt Institute with Arthur Wesley Dow, at The Ohio State University, and in Paris.
Although she was a painter, she is primarily known as a color printmaker in Provincetown at the turn of the century. With her husband, she lived for extended periods in Paris (1905-1914 and 1920-1923). There Hopkins was an active member in various art societies, including the Societe Internationale des Graveurs en Couleurs, Societe Internationale des Graveurs sur Bois, and Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts.
Information courtesy of Swann Galleries