Bidspirit auction | Grace Gebbie Wiederseim Drayton (1877

Grace Gebbie Wiederseim Drayton (1877 - 1936) American - Grace Gebbie Wiederseim Drayton (1877 - 1936) Pencil and Watercolor, Signed, Measures (5.5 x 8.5 inches) w/frame (12 x 16 inches) Viola Grace Gebbie was born October 14, 1877, the third daughter of George Gebbie, a lithographer, who was Philadelphia's first art printer. She married Theodore E. Wiederseim, Jr., an employee of Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing Company, in Philadelphia in 1904 and started signing her work ”Grace Wiederseim or G G Wiederseim”. She claimed to owe her ”funny babies” to Wiederseim, who recognized her potential, but she divorced him in 1911. Divorce in the Catholic Church was forbidden; hers disgraced the whole family .” In 1911, Grace divorced Wiedersheim and married W. Heyward Drayton III, and started signing her work Grace Drayton. She divorced Drayton in 1923 but continued to sign her work ”Grace Drayton” or ”G G Drayton.” Condition: Good Condition