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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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Facts about Mary Stuard Townsend Mason

   Publications  Book References:  16
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16 Book References for Mary Stuard Townsend Mason
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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Curtis, Jane and Will, Frank Lieberman, Carl Little (Foreward) Monhegan: The Artists' Island 192 Yes
1995 Schwarz-Philadelphia One Hundred Paintings by American & European Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
60 Yes
1992 Thiede, Rolf; Carolyn Park, Robert D. Schwarz A Special Exhibition of American Paintings Priced Under $7,500.
(Exhibition catalog)
72 No
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
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1989 Fresella-Lee, Nancy The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 222 Yes
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 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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