Priscilla Longshore Garrett (1907 – 1992) was an American painter and printmaker whose landscapes, industrial environments, still lifes, and genre figures blend of American Realism and regional sensibilities shaped by her life in Pennsylvania and later the American Southwest.
Born in Chatham, NY in 1907, and spending much of her early life in Southeastern Pennsylvania, studying at Drexel Institute, the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art, Garrett arrived in Scranton, PA in 1938. Much of her work in the area focused on industrial landscapes of Northeastern Pennsylvania, including coal fields and mills, and reflected the emotional and social weight of industrial communities.
During her time in Scranton, she drew national acclaim, her studio being visited by regionalist masters Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. She also developed a close relationship with Everhart Museum Director Elizabeth Taylor, exhibiting at the Everhart often and donating a selection of works.
In later life, she resided in Santa Fe, NM, where she brought her signature style to paintings of Southwestern landscapes.
Corners, Old Forge No. II, oil on canvas, 1945, Gift of the artist, 48.241
