regional women's art organizations were formed and sponsored exhibitions. The Ladies' Art Association of New York was among the first, followed by The Plastic Club in Philadelphia, the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors in New York, and others. However, the Philadelphia Ten is recognized as being the group that exhibited most widely and for the longest time. Members All of the members of the Philadelphia Ten attended art school in Philadelphia. After the original exhibition by 11 painters, the group eventually grew to include 23 painters and 7 sculptors. The artists were generally not on the cutting edge of modernism, and they are not well-represented in museum collections. However, their work was well-received during the 1920s and 1930s, when painters like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse were not yet popular in the United States. Original group All of the original members were painters. Eleanor Abrams Katharine Marie Barker Theresa Bernstein Cora S. Brooks Isabel Branson Cartwright Constance Cochrane Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton Arrah Lee Gaul Lucile Howard Helen Kiner McCarthy Katharine Hood McCormick Cartwright, Cochrane and Howard participated in all 65 exhibitions held by the group. Other painters Maude Drein Bryant Fern Coppedge Nancy Maybin Ferguson Margaret Ralston Gest Sue May Gill Susette Schultz Keast Marian T. MacIntosh Emma Fordyce MacRae Mary Elizabeth Price Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts Susan Gertrude Schell Edith Longstreth Wood Sculptors Gladys Edgerly Bates Cornelia Van Auken Chapin Beatrice Fenton Harriet Whitney Frishmuth Genevieve Karr Hamlin Joan Hartley Mary Louise Lawser Gallery References Further reading Philadelphia Ten by Page Talbott on the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia American women artists American artist groups and collectives Arts organizations based in Pennsylvania History of women in Pennsylvania