Artist Keywords
Mary Herrick Paxton Ross

Mary Herrick Paxton Ross (1856 - 1935) was active/lived in California.  Mary Ross is known for Floral landscape and still life painting, ceramics.

Mary Paxton Herrick Ross (1856 - 1935)

On May 4, 1934 the Carmel Pine Cone listed Mary Herrick Ross as one of the “Twelve Women Who Have Helped Immortalize Carmel in the Arts because of her “celebrated” oil paintings of flowers. Among the other “immortals” were Mary DeNeale Morgan, Josephine Culbertson, Jennie V. Cannon, Elizabeth Strong, Laura Maxwell, Jessie A. Botke, Catherine Seideneck, Kate Carew, Jessie Short-Jackson, Ida M. Curtis and Helen C. Brown.

Mary Paxton Herrick was born in San Francisco, the first of seven siblings. Her father was a wealthy businessman who, in 1873, helped to establish the San Francisco School of Design. She had learned to draw under her father’s tutelage, and when the School opened in 1874, she was the first student to enroll.

Studies were with Virgil Williams who was appointed as the first Director of the newly formed school, and Raymond Dabb Yelland. In the last spring of 1874, at the age of 18, she sold h   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6823 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 18 auction lots for Mary Herrick Paxton Ross (of which 15 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 4 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Mary Herrick Paxton Ross as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Mary Herrick Paxton Ross in 0 of its research Essays. Mary Herrick Paxton Ross has 4 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Mary Herrick Paxton Ross available:    Hanson Puthuff,  William Lees Judson,  Anna Althea Hills,  Orrin Augustine White,  Dana Bartlett,  Dedrick Brandes Stuber,  Jean Mannheim,  Alfred Richard Mitchell,  Jack Wilkinson Smith,  Armin Carl Hansen,  Benjamin Chambers Brown,  Charles Arthur Fries,  Emil Kosa Jr,  Granville Redmond,  Marion Ida Kavanagh Wachtel,  Percy (Henry Percy) Gray,  William Posey Silva,  Mary DeNeale Morgan,  Paul Lauritz,  George Demont Otis,  Charles Dormon Robinson,  Alson Skinner Clark,  Franz Arthur Bischoff,  Arthur Hill Gilbert



Copyright © 1999-2024 askART.com and underlying auction houses. All Rights Reserved. Digital copying of these images and content strictly prohibited; violators will be subject to the law including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Keywords and Quick Facts for Mary Herrick Paxton Ross


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
  • Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • California Before 1940
  • Monterey, Carmel California
  • Northern California Before 1900
  • Yosemite National Park
Art Association
  • California Ceramic Club-
  • San Francisco Art Association-
Art Teacher
  • Raymond Yelland
  • Virgil Williams
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Del Monte Art Gallery, Monterey
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
  • California Ceramic Club
  • San Francisco Art Association

The above Keywords are derived from what askART has identified from our research for this artist and are intended as an additional tool for information. Sources include books, periodicals, auction records, family members, friends, and professional researchers. askART has derived Quick Facts as a brief overview; it is not a complete list rather it is a list that is most frequently cited.
Top