Figure 1.-- Here we see an enlargemet of one of Tarbell's most fully impressionistic works--'My family at Cotuit' (about 1900). Cotuit was a small Cape Cod community. Everyone except their older daughter is dressed in summer white. This contrasts with the crystal blue ocean water glistening in the background. Josephine stands out in her pink dress even though she is quietly reading. Her idle hand rests on her baby brother’s umbrella covered carriage. To the her left is the youngest daughter, Mary. The middle sister, Mercie, rides a toy horse. On the far left their mother, Emeline, is playing with baby Edmund. Edmund Arnold Tarbell completed the family was their only son. He was born during a family holiday atNew Castle (June 1898). Click on the image to see the full work.

Tarbell married Emeline Souther (1888). They had four children. And they commonly figured in Tarbell's work. They lived in Boston and subsequently later in New Castle, New Hampshire. Tarbell had close ties to Portsmouth and the Seacoast region of New Hampshire. He summered with his family on the island of New Castle and had a studio there. It was here he painted his beautiful breezy studies of young women. Before Tarbell purchasing the their home in New Castle (1905), the family spent their summers in rented cottages all long the New England coast. One of his wonderful impressionist works is 'My family at Cotuit' (about 1900). Cotuit was a small Cape Cod community. Everyone except their older daughter is dressed in summer white. This contrasts with the crystal blue ocean water glistening in the background. Josephine stands out in her pink dress even though she is quietly reading. Her idle hand rests on her baby brother’s umbrella covered carriage. To the her left is the youngest daughter, Mary. The middle sister, Mercie, rides a toy horse. On the far left their mother, Emeline, is playing with baby Edmund. Edmund Arnold Tarbell completed the family was their only son. He was born during a family holiday atNew Castle (June 1898). Theonly missing member of the family is their Russian Wolfhound, Sergius, acquired when the chidren were older.

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