these artists form the early core of the Pennsylvania Impressionists. The significance of this group lies in the fact that they exhibited their work together and were representative of one school of landscape painting. In 1917 Bredin and Edmund Greacen formed the New York School of Fine Arts in Chase's former studio on 25th Street, but both abandoned that project to go to France the next year to serve in the French "Foyer Du Soldat," a joint service program of the French Army and the American YMCA. Bredin headed a rest hospital in the rear of the lines near Troyes, and in 1919 was a regional director. Bredin taught at the Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art at Shinnecock Hills, New York; the University of Virginia, Charlottesville; and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Several of his pupils at the School of Design for Women formed "The Philadelphia Ten" for the purpose of exhibiting their work, 1917–45. He died after a cancer operation on 17 July 1933 at the Joseph Price Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia. He was aged fifty two. He was a professor at the School of Design for Women at the time of his death. Work Bredin's wife and children were the principal subject for his paintings. The best known and well-loved of these is his "The Garden Bench," circa 1920 (private collection) which depicts his young daughters Jean and Barbara, seated with their mother, Alice, surrounded by flowers. It is one of Bredin's largest works, measuring , and was the subject of a best selling art poster over the past two decades. Bredin's signature paintings depict lawn fetes on the grounds of his home "Lawn Shadows," which was located on the Delaware Canal, just north of the town of New Hope. These are typically afternoon scenes painted to the rear of the artist's property, with graceful trees and blossoming flowers, with the Delaware River serving as a backdrop. They always include beautiful young women in pastel colored gowns, and often include children and occasionally, even a well-groomed female servant. Bredin belonged to the group of Impressionists in Pennsylvania whose work was called America's "first truly national expression" by Guy Pène du Bois. He was a refined and dignified person, and his character shows in his portraits and landscapes. His paintings often include women and children in relaxed groups, dressed in delicate colors and set in the