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Mary Gehr

Mary Ray Gehr (1910 - 1997) was active/lived in Illinois.  Mary Gehr is known for Children's book illustration, printmaking.

Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating.

Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910.  She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing.  She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years.  Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising.  To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago.  She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career.  Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an art   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3145 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 3 similar (related) artists for Mary Gehr available:    Lee Godie,  LeRoy Neiman,  Abbott Pattison