Cornelia F. Maury | |
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Born | Cornelia Field Maury 1866
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | 1942
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis, Académie Julian |
Known for | Portrait painting |
Cornelia Field Maury (1866–1942) was an American artist, known for her portraits of children. Maury often worked in pastels. [1] She was based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Cornelia Field Maury was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1866. [2] Her family had owned a theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. [3] She studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts (a part of Washington University in St. Louis) and the Académie Julian in Paris. [2] She studied in France with Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Raphaël Collin, Benjamin Constant, Jean-Paul Laurens, Luc-Olivier Merson, and Jules Dupré. [4] [1]
She was a member of St. Louis Artists' Guild and Society of Western Artists. [1] In 1899, Maury was exhibiting her work at the St. Louis Artists' Guild. [5] Her work "Mother and Child" was hung in 1900 at the Salon des Artistes Francais. [1]
She lived in St. Louis in her family home, the historical Guion House (also referred to as the Maury House) at 5815 Pennsylvania Ave in the Carondelet neighborhood. [6] [7]
She died in 1942, [6] [8] in Saint Louis, Missouri. However her year of death has been incorrectly attributed with many other dates, and as early as 1934. [9]
Her work is in many public museum collections including Smithsonian American Art Museum, [9] among others.
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Cornelia F. Maury | |
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Born | Cornelia Field Maury 1866
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | 1942
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis, Académie Julian |
Known for | Portrait painting |
Cornelia Field Maury (1866–1942) was an American artist, known for her portraits of children. Maury often worked in pastels. [1] She was based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Cornelia Field Maury was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1866. [2] Her family had owned a theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. [3] She studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts (a part of Washington University in St. Louis) and the Académie Julian in Paris. [2] She studied in France with Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Raphaël Collin, Benjamin Constant, Jean-Paul Laurens, Luc-Olivier Merson, and Jules Dupré. [4] [1]
She was a member of St. Louis Artists' Guild and Society of Western Artists. [1] In 1899, Maury was exhibiting her work at the St. Louis Artists' Guild. [5] Her work "Mother and Child" was hung in 1900 at the Salon des Artistes Francais. [1]
She lived in St. Louis in her family home, the historical Guion House (also referred to as the Maury House) at 5815 Pennsylvania Ave in the Carondelet neighborhood. [6] [7]
She died in 1942, [6] [8] in Saint Louis, Missouri. However her year of death has been incorrectly attributed with many other dates, and as early as 1934. [9]
Her work is in many public museum collections including Smithsonian American Art Museum, [9] among others.
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