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Edith Mae Brisac was an artist and educator who worked in printmaking and painting.

Early Life and Education

Edith Brisac was born on January 18th, 1894, in Walton, New York, to Edward J. Brisac (1860–1943) and Cora Lena Pond (1863–1947). She has one sibling named Bessie P. Brisack. She passed away on November 21st, 1974, in San Francisco, California.[1]

Brisac attended Jamaica High School in Long Island, New York,  from 1909 until 1912. She attended several higher education institutions and received special certificates as well. She was selected for one of the five scholarships that were given at Pratt Institute in 1913.[2]

Year School Studies Degree Place
1912-1915 Pratt Institute Brooklyn, New York
1924-1926 Columbia University Major: Art

Minor: Education

BS New York, New York
1928-1929 Columbia University Major: Art

Minor: Education

MA New York, New York
1929 Ecole Amercaine Des Beaux Arts Special Studies Fontainebleau, France
1938 Mills College Special Studies Oakbend, California
1941-1942 University of California Special Studies in Architecture Berkeley, California
1942 Cranbrook Academy of Art Special Studies Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Brisac travelled often for her studies and frequented places such as Europe, South America, Mexico, the Canadian Rockies, and several states in the United States. She was a part of art memberships and groups such as Fontainebleau Alumnae, the New York Water Color Club, the Studio Guild in New York City, the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, and the Southern States Art League.[3]

Art

Exhibitions

Brisac participated in various exhibitions during and after her career in teaching.[4]

Name Place Honors
National Association of American Painters and Sculptors Kansas City, Kansas
Philbrook Museum Tulsa, Oklahoma Honorable Mention on water color
West Texas Show Fort Worth, Texas Won 2nd prize on water color
Maylor La Guardia Two show New York City, New York
Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, New York
Southern States Art League Texas Won honorable mention, $25,000, and membership in Southern States Art League
Texas Fine Arts Exhibit Texas

Career

Brisac worked as an educator for several years at a number of institutions. She was an assistant professor at the Principia Jr. College in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1926 to 1928. She worked for the Alabama College for Women (now University of Montevallo) in Montevallo, Alabama, from 1929 to 1933 as an assistant professor. Starting in 1934, Brisac taught at Texas State College for Women (now Texas Woman's University) in Denton, Texas, and served as the head of the art department from 1954 to 1958. During her time at the Texas State College for Women, she aided in the creation of the Little Chapel in the Woods.[5]

Brisac is noted as one of the “Forgotten Nine,” a group of women artists who were considered pioneers of modernism in Texas.[6]

References

  1. ^ “FamilySearch.org.” Familysearch.org, 2019, www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/about/GH56-WM6. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
  2. ^ Brisac, Edith Mae. Faculty Personnel Information, Edith Mae Brisac Collection, 1926-1947. 1926. Texas Women’s University Archives, Denton, TX. 20 February 2026.
  3. ^ Brisac, Edith Mae. Faculty Personnel Information, Edi, from,th Mae Brisac Collection, 1926-1947. 1926. Texas Women’s University Archives, Denton, TX. 20 February 2026.
  4. ^ Brisac, Edith Mae. Faculty Personnel Information, Edith Mae Brisac Collection, 1926-1947. 1926. Texas Women’s University Archives, Denton, TX. 20 February 2026.
  5. ^ Brisac, Edith Mae. Faculty Personnel Information, Edith Mae Brisac Collection, 1926-1947. 1926. Texas Women’s University Archives, Denton, TX. 20 February 2026.
  6. ^ Davis, D. Jack. “Pioneers in Modernism: Women Artists at the College of Industrial Arts (Texas Woman’s University)” in McCaslin, Richard B., et al. Making the Unknown Known: Women in Early Texas Art, 1860s–1960s. Sponsored by CASETA ed. Texas A&M University Press, 2024, pp. 154-171.

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