“No form of art can have enduring success unless it appeals to the generality of people.”
–Frederic Whitaker
“I’m not concerned with the average person. I must please myself.”
–Eileen Monaghan Whitaker
Eileen Monaghan Whitaker and Frederic Whitaker supported and celebrated one another in life and in art for nearly forty years. Coming from vastly different backgrounds, they were a study in contrasts. Yet they were united in their passion for the arts in general and the medium of watercolor in particular.
Their lives and careers are extensively explored in “Contrasts That Complement—Eileen Monaghan Whitaker and Frederic Whitaker” by Jan Noreus Jennings (Marquand Books, 2004).
Two-Person Exhibitions
Eileen Monaghan Whitaker and Frederic Whitaker
| 1957 | Grand Central Galleries, New York City Providence Art Club, Rhode Island |
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| 1965 | Grand Central Galleries, New York City |
| 1966 | Jones Gallery, La Jolla, California |
| 1967 | Galerie du Jonelle, Palm Springs, California Jones Gallery, La Jolla, California |
| 1968 | Blair Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 1969 | Desert Southwest Art Gallery, Palm Desert, California |
| 1970 | Northland Press Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona |
| 1973 | O’Brien’s Art Emporium, Scottsdale, Arizona Old Town Galleries, San Diego, California |
| 1974 | Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington |
| 1975 | Wollheim’s Rosequist Galleries, Tucson, Arizona |
| 1976 | A. Huney Gallery, San Diego, California The Art Centre, Rancho Santa Fe, California |