Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923)
- Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923)
- Blossoming Beach-Plum, 1898
- Watercolor on paper
- 17 x 29 1/8 inches
- Signed and dated 1898, lower left
- Exhibited: Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society, National Academy of Design, 1899 (No. 345)
Fidelia Bridges is known for her exquisitely detailed renderings of flora and fauna seen at close range, particularly in watercolor. Indeed, she is notable as the first and only female member of the American Watercolor Society, a group that was founded in 1866 to promote the art of watercolor painting, and which included such illustrious painters as Samuel Colman (1832‒1920) and William Hart (1823‒1894).
