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U.S. Women Painters: 1893 Chicago World's Fair & Exposition Continued--page 8

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Mary MacMonnies-Low
Mary L. Macomber
Alice Randall Marsh
Clara T. McChesney
Evelyn McCormick
Mary E. McDowell
Jane Roma McElroy
Mary Louise McLaughlin
Mary W. Means
Anna Lea Merritt

Mary Louise Fairchild MacMonnies-Low (1858 - 1946)
 

Mont Saint Michel, France--representative work

Sailboat--representative work

Giverny Orchard 1890s--representative work
 

Blossoming Time in Normandy 1901--representative work
 

Central Fountain at 1893 Exposition 1908--representative work

Between Neighbors 1891;
also known as Tea al Fresco or Five O'Clock Tea.
(MacMonnies-Low taking a tea break with wife of fellow artist)--
exhibited in Fine Art Palace, 1893 Exposition.
 

June Morning 1888 (image unavailable)--
exhibited in Fine Arts Palace, 1893 Exposition.
(Stooping young woman plucks flower from French
kitchen-garden of poppies and vegetables; light blue
haze in air; nearby, a nursemaid holds an infant.)

Primitive Woman 1893--go to Mural Page.
Mural in Women's Building, 1893 Exposition.

A descendant of the Puritan Governor William Bradford, Mary MacMonnies-Low was born in Connecticut and studied art at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and at the Académie Julian in Paris.  She married sculptor Frederick MacMonnies whom she met while studying in France. They lived in France in the 1890s, summering at Giverny near the famous impressionist Monet. However, her mural for the 1893 World Fair was composed in the primitive-heroic academic style. Both MacMonnies were highly recognized for their work at the Fair. Later divorced, she married mural painter Will H. Low and moved to New York, dropping the "MacMonnies" name from all her work.  She won a medal at the 1893 Exposition.

10 images--click on "Image Gallery" and on "Biography."
4 images--scroll down to "Macmonnies"

Mary Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Macomber (1861-1916)
 

Rosamund the Fair, or Fate Spinning the Thread of Time (1915)
[ Delaware Art Museum ]--representative work
 

My Mother (The Hour-Glass) [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston] --representative work

Memory Comforting Sorrow-- representative work

Saint Catherine 1896--representative work
[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]
 

The Annunciation c. 1892--
(White clothing, dappled bluish green background.)
Exhibited in Fine Art Palace, 1893 Exposition
 

Love Awakening Memory 1892 (image unavailable)--
(Two white-robed figures in white marble cloister, pinkish
background; pensive charm and medieval effects)
exhibited in Fine Art Palace, 1893 Exposition.

Mary L. Macomber was born in Fall River, Massachusetts where her initial art studies began with Robert Dunning, followed by studies at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and with Frank Duveneck.  She often exhibited at the National Academy of Design show in New York City and at other major museums and galleries.  Her paintings are typically symbolic and allegorical, some with a noticeable Pre-Raphaelite influence.  Unfortunately, many of her paintings were lost in a fire in her studio in 1903.

More links/images
Night and Sleep 1902
The Bearer of the Soul--1915; or The Bearer of the Soul 1915
My Angel-1900 drawing crayon; larger version here
Biography/11 images--click on "Image Gallery" and on "biography.

Alice Randall Marsh (1869-1929)
 

Snow Scene--representative work
 

Companions -- exhibited in the
Illinois Building, 1893 Exposition

Shall I Ever Truly Know, Sunny Morning,
and Quiet Meadows (images unavailable)--
exhibited in the Illinois building, 1893 Exposition

Born in Michigan, Alice Randall Marsh studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago where she met her future husband, muralist Frederick Dana Marsh.  She helped prepare murals for the 1893 World's Fair, but gained her later reputation for miniature landscapes and portraits.  Further art studies were undertaken in Paris under Merson, Raphael Collin, James McNeill Whistler, and Frederick MacMonnies.  Returning later to America, the Marshes lived for a time at the art colony in Nutley, New Jersey.  Two of their sons, Reginald and James, also became respected artists.

Clara T(aggart) McChesney (1860 - 1928)

Portrait of a Beautiful Young Woman 1918
(supposedly a portrait of Mrs. Adolphe Wenzell, wife of a former Director
of a Boston Bank, but elsewhere it is titled Portrait of Zillah Thompson)--
 representative portrait.
 

The Spinner--representative work
 

The Cobbler-- this image may be The Old Cobbler
which was exhibited in the
Fine Art Palace, 1893 Exposition.
 

Still Life (image unavailable)-- exhibited in
Fine Art Palace, 1893 Exposition.

Clara McChesney was born in California where she studied art at the San Francisco Art School, the Gotham Art School, and at the Colarossi School in Paris.  She lived the rest of her life in New York and Europe.  She won two medals at the 1893 Exposition and exhibited two pieces at the 1894 Midwinter Fair in California. Some of her paintings were in the style of the Dutch school.

Biography--scroll down to her name
3 images--click on "Image Gallery" (Portrait of Zillah Thompson; Mother and Child; Snow Covered Cabins).

M(ary) Evelyn McCormick (1869-1948)
 

A Gondola in Venice--representative work

Boats at Dock--representative work

Bisque House, St. Jean de Luz--
representative work
 

Pumpkins--representative work
 

Afternoon, Old San Luis Rey Mission, Cal. and
Morning at Giverny, France (images unavailable)--
exhibited in Fine Art Palace, 1893 Exposition.
 

Arizona Gardens, Del Monte, California (image unavailable)--
exhibited in the California Room, Women's Building, 1893 Exposition

California artist Evelyn McCormick studied at the California School of Design and in Paris at the Academie Julian. After 1892, she divided her time between San Francisco and Monterey where she often painted the adobes and mission buildings in that area. One of the first women artists in California to embrace impressionism, she was often compared to Monet and Hassam.

Biography
Biography--scroll down the page.
The Sherman-Halleck Adobe, Monterey 1925
Biography/2 images--click on "biography" and on "Image Gallery."

Mary E. McDowell ( c. 1851 - ?? )
 

Stained Glass Window--exhibited in the
Women's Building, 1893 Exposition.

Born in Ohio, Mary E. McDowell was the daughter of Daniel McDowell, portrait artist and chairmaker.   Mary may have lived in Roanoke in her later years.   No other information about her is available online.

Jane Roma McElroy (1867-1923)

Diamond Head, Hawaii--
representative work.
 

It is unclear which work(s) McElroy
 exhibited at the 1893 Exposition.

Born in California, Jane Roma McElroy studied art at the San Francisco School of Design and with Emil Carlsen and other artist-teachers.  She was known for her fruit, floral, and Chinese genre paintings.

Mary Louise McLaughlin (1847-1939)

Grace May McLaughlin 1891
[Cincinnati Art Museum]
--representative work

Woodland Scene and Head of a Girl
 (images unavailable)--two etchings exhibited
in Women's Building, 1893 Exposition.
 

Portrait of Henry L. Fry (image unavailable)--
exhibited in the Cincinnati Room, Women's
Building, 1893 Exposition

Ohio artist Mary Louise McLaughlin studied art at the Cincinnati Art Academy.  Although her original goal was evidently portrait painting, she is now known for her ceramics and especially for inventing a technique of underglaze decoration.  She wrote several books, including China Painting which is now credited with launching the china painting movement in America.

"Ali Baba" Vase 1880 -- scroll down the page. Another copy: Ali Baba Vase.
Vase --scroll down the page.
Porcelain Vase
Rare Losanti Vase
Plaque: Portrait of Esther McLaughlin (The Artist's Niece)
Charger

Mary Maud (Ward) Means ( 1848 - ?? )
 

The Dancers--Frieze panel exhibited in the
Reception Room, Women's Building, 1893 Exposition
 

Portrait of Mrs. Ellen Mitchel, Portrait of J. W. M.,
A Pearl--A Girl, Portrait of Miss E. I. (images unavailable)--
exhibited in the Illinois Building, 1893 Exposition

 Mary W. Means was born in Ohio and studied art in Paris and Florence, Italy.  At some point in the early twentieth century, she lived for a number of years in Santa Barbara, California.

Anna (Massey) Lea Merritt (1844-1930)
 

Luna--representative work
 

Eve Overcome with Remorse
1887--exhibited in Women's
Building, 1893 Exposition.
 

Portrait of Mrs. Reginald DeKoven
c. 1891 (image unavailable)--exhibited
 in Fine Art Palace, 1893 Exposition.

Born in Pennsylvania, Anna Lea Merritt was privately educated in a Philadelphia Quaker family.  After studying art in Dresden, she married her London teacher (Henry Merritt) in 1871, only to become a widow shortly thereafter.  Settling permanently in an English village, Merritt often exhibited at the London Royal Academy and in Philadelphia, and won two medals, plus a diploma, at the 1893 Exposition.  Her painting Eve Overcome with Remorse was the first work by a woman ever purchased by the British government.  Many of her paintings like War (1883) show a strong Pre-Raphaelite and allegorical influence.

4 Pre-Raphaelite images--includes Lamia, the Serpent Woman.

 

Go to U.S. Women Painters, p. 9

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