Gretchen Rogers

Gretchen Rogers was born in Boston in 1881. She studied with Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank W. Benson at the Museum School in Boston (1898-1906) and she became one of the most proficient painters from the Boston tradition. Typically painting realistic portraits and interior genres with skill, her brushwork was refined and elegant with softened edges and a true sense of color harmonies as they relate to nature. 

Rogers was given one-woman shows at the Guild of Boston Artists in 1917 and 1928. She maintained studios in Boston and Gloucester and often painted with Jane Peterson and Marguerite S. Pearson. 

Memberships:  Guild of Boston Artists and the American Federation of Arts.

Awards: Sears Prize, MFA School (1901); Silver medal, Pan-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco (1915).

Rogers was a semi-professional tennis player. She was an exceedingly private person who shied away from publicity. She was considered one of the most talented of the Boston School. Her work is represented in the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston).