DWIGHT, Mabel
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Mabel Dwight was dubbed by Carl Zigrosser as the master of “comédie humaine” due to the way she captured daily human drama in her art. Dwight used a variety of expressive devices to capture the emotional range of a crowd with body language. She often creates the works with a perspective of being in the midst of the activity with her own reactions integrated into the captured bystanders.
Interestingly, Dwight was an extremely private person. She began her career as a printmaker when she was 52 and already not in the best of health. She rarely spoke of her personal life to anyone nor did she keep a journal or diary. In fact, even her surname “Dwight” was invented to maintain her privacy. [Paraphrased from the Mabel Dwight Catalogue Raisonne by Robinson/Pirog]
