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Mary Stuard Townsend Mason

Mary Stuard Townsend Mason (1886 - 1964) was active/lived in Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio.  Mary Mason is known for Landscape with buildings and trees, harbor, figure and floral still life painting.

Born in Zanesville, Ohio, Mary Townsend Mason first sought art classes at the Leachwood School in Norfolk Virginia, and then later on, at the Maryland Institute in Baltimore. She later moved to Philadelphia to take courses at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), studying under the painters William Chase and Hugh Breckenridge. In 1909 she married to a distinguished lawyer, William Clarke Mason.

She was awarded the Cresson European Scholarship from PAFA, two gold medals from the Plastic Club, and the Philadelphia Sketch Club Golf Medal among numerous others over the course of her lifetime. Mary exhibited work at PAFA regularly from 1921 - 1964, and in many other institutions and events including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Venice Biennale and International Expo

She has also posed for numerous studies and a portrait by friend and fellow artist Violet Oakley.

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Mary Stuard Townsend Mason


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art MethodArt MediaArt Style
  • Impressionism Before 1940
Art SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Monhegan Island, Maine
Art Association
  • Southern States Art League
Art Teacher
  • Hugh Breckenridge
  • William Merritt Chase
Art School
  • Maryland Institute of Design, College of Art, Student
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • Cresson Traveling Scholarship
  • Mary Smith Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Snowscene Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • Southern States Art League Annual
Exhibition of Art Association
  • 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
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York

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