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Mary Macomber

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Mary Lizzie Macomber (1861 - 1916) was active/lived in Massachusetts.  Mary Macomber is known for Allegory, still life, portrait, figure.

Mary Macomber was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on August 21, 1861. She studied drawing with a local artist for some years and then at the school of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for a year, until ill health cut short her studies. After her recovery she studied again briefly with Frank Duveneck and then opened a studio in Boston. In 1889 her "Ruth" was exhibited in the National Academy of Design show. Over the next 13 years she exhibited 25 more paintings at the National Academy and was a frequent exhibitor at other major museums and galleries.

Macomber's symbolic, allegorical, and decorative panels, revealing the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites, were widely admired. Among her more celebrated works are "Love Awakening Memory" (1892), "Love's Lament" (1893), "St. Catherine" (1897), "The Hour Glass" (1900), "The Lace Jabot" (1900; a self-portrait), "Night and Her Daughter Sleep" (1903), and "Memory Comforting Sorrow" (1905). In later years she also devoted muc   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2137 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Mary Macomber


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
  • Botanics, Plant Life
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
  • Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Central Park, New York City
Art Association
  • Copley Society of Boston-
Art Teacher
  • Frank Duveneck
Art School
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
  • Louise and Alan Sellars Collection
Added Description
  • Figure Specialty
  • Narrative Specialty
Artist Colony
  • Fall River School of Painting
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
  • World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Boston Art Club-
  • National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC

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