# Edith Towner's contemporaries

Artist galleries · hang 749 · 8 works

A few works by Edith Towner, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Doll--"Hannah Hitch"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/doll-hannah-hitch-nga-27480), Edith Towner, c. 1940. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edith-towner/doll-hannah-hitch-nga-27480?hang=749)
2. ["Chest"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/chest-nga-19736), Edith Towner, 1940. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edith-towner/chest-nga-19736?hang=749)

## Their contemporaries

3. [Color Notes on Iron](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/color-notes-on-iron-nga-29062), Gerald Transpota, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edith-towner/color-notes-on-iron-nga-29062?hang=749)
4. [Christ](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-cma-101158), Kenyon Cox, 1905. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edith-towner/christ-cma-101158?hang=749)

## Their contemporaries, second

5. [Quaker Doll](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/quaker-doll-nga-27449), Jacob Gielens, 1935/1942. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edith-towner/quaker-doll-nga-27449?hang=749)
6. [Three Girls and River](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/three-girls-and-river-si-saam-1980-34-3), Louis M. Eilshemius, 1907. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edith-towner/three-girls-and-river-si-saam-1980-34-3?hang=749)

## Their contemporaries, third

7. [Cuff Lace](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cuff-lace-nga-12720), Erwin Schwabe, c. 1937. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edith-towner/cuff-lace-nga-12720?hang=749)
8. [Fence](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fence-nga-29083), Rose Campbell-Gerke, c. 1940. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-edith-towner/fence-nga-29083?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More American folk and design](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-folk-design?hang=749&via=continue) (90 works)
- [20th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20-united-states?hang=749&via=continue) (124 works)