- Eudoxia Woodward
Eudoxia Muller Woodward (June 14, 1919 in
Flushing, New York – January 20, 2008 inBelmont, Massachusetts ) was an American artist and scientist. She became known for her work withEdwin H. Land at thePolaroid Corporation , where her research helped produce theVectograph and theSX-70 .While at Polaroid, she met
Robert Burns Woodward , who had been hired as a consultant; they married in 1946 and had two children.Post-Polaroid career
After leaving Polaroid, she taught art at the Belmont Day School in
Belmont, Massachusetts and at retirement communities.In 1995, her paintings were part of a show at the Francesca Anderson Fine Art gallery in Lexington. For her watercolor, "Pentagonal Red Hibiscus", Eudoxia Woodward told the "
Boston Globe " that she plotted four views of a blossom against the five-sided form mentioned in the painting's title. Over the years her works have been shown in publications and exhibitions at, among other sites, theDeCordova Museum , and her alma mater,Smith College .In 2002, Woodward was awarded the Stanhope Framers Prize from the New England Watercolor Society.
External links
* [http://boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2008/01/22/eudoxia_woodward_88_painter_merged_science_art Boston Globe: Eudoxia Woodward, 88: painter merged science, art]
* [http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/obituaries/x1925667165 Obituary]
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