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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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26 Book References for Mary Macomber
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Vose, Marcia L. (editor) Vose Art Notes Tenth Anniversary Issue Art and Collecting in America: An Illustrated Timeline 37 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)		 408 Yes
1991 Sternberg, Paul E Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars
(Exhibition catalog)		 146 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1989 Sternberg, Paul E Paintings by American Women The Collection of Louise and Alan Sellers
(Exhibition catalog)		 56 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1982 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present 560 Yes
1979 Eldredge, Charles C American Imagination and Symbolist Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 176 Yes
1977 Hills, Patricia Turn-of-the-Century America Paintings, Graphics, Photographs 1890-1910
(Exhibition catalog)		 194 Yes
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1969 Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed) American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes) 600 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 281 No
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