Edith Lunt Small

Edith Lunt Small passed away on May 31st, 2017, at the age of 86. An internationally renowned and accomplished artist, Edie’s imaginative works spanned various mediums including painting, woodworking, sculpture, and even clothing. Edie was a graduate of The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, NY, Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Applied Art, and The Wendell Castle School. She often cited her love of comic books, medieval art, and Japanese prints.

in 2008, the Rochester Institute of Technology presented the Edith Lunt Small retrospective, in what was described as a football-field size warehouse, “filled with her painting, painted wood reliefs and narrative furniture.”  And in 2011, her works were compiled in the 104-page book, “Edith Lunt Small.” The preface, written by Richard Hirsch, Professor, School of American Crafts at RIT, related to the 2008 retrospective, “Never had I witnessed people so engrossed, so part of an exhibition. After all, the work represented their homes, their lives, their pets, their friends, their neighbors, their things, their gardens, their activities their identity, them… us.  If one of the ideals of Art is to communicate, then Edith Small is a masterful visual storyteller.” By many accounts, Edith was “a dynamic woman who loved a good debate, animals in all shapes and sizes, and spending time in the Thousand Islands.”