Mary Sheppard Greene
| Mary Shepard Greene | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1869 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died |
1958 Taos, New Mexico, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Raphaël Collin |
| Movement | Taos Society of Artists |
| Spouse(s) | Ernest L. Blumenschein |
Mary Shepard Greene Blumenschein (1869–1958) was an American artist, illustrator and jewelry designer.[1]
Biography
Born in New York City, Mary Shepard studied at the Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn and then at the Pratt Institute.[2] When she was only 17 years of age, she left for Paris in 1886 where she worked with Raphaël Collin, an artist best known for establishing links with well-known artists working in Japan.[2]
She entered the Salon d'Automne (Autumn Salon) in 1900 and was awarded a 3rd class honor. In 1900, she became the second woman artist (after Mary Cassatt) to win the Gold Medal.[3]
In Paris in 1905, she met and married Ernest L. Blumenschein, also an artist. They moved back to New York in 1909 for the birth of their daughter, Helen. While there, they taught at Pratt and did work for various magazines such as McClure’s, American and Century.[4]
Her husband discovered Taos, New Mexico after an accident stranded him there in 1898. While he made annual summer trips there Mary stayed in New York.[5] After the sale of a house she had inherited made them financially independent, the Blumenscheins moved to Taos in 1919, eventually becoming part of the Taos Society of Artists.[2] Mary's painting Acoma Legend was included in the "American Art Today" exhibition at the 1939 New York World's Fair.[6]
In the 1920s Mary returned to the Pratt Institute to study jewelry making. Her jewelry was exhibited in 1956 at the Museum of International Folk Art.[7]
References
- ↑ "Mary Greene Blumenschein (1869-1958)". Fine Art Dealers Association.
- 1 2 3 "Mary Shepard Greene Blumenschein (1869-1958)". Medicine Man Gallery.
- ↑ "Mabel Dodge Luhan and Early Women Artists of Taos, part one". The Mabel Dodge Luhan House.
- ↑ "Ernest Blumenschein papers, 1873-1964". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution.
- ↑ "In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein". Phoenix Art Museum.
- ↑ Porter, Dean (1999). Taos Artists and Their Patrons 1898-1950. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico. p. 367. ISBN 0826321097.
- ↑ Dearinger, David B. (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collections of the National Academy of Design Volume I, 1926-1925. New York: Hudson Hills. p. 53. ISBN 1555950299.
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