Mary DeNeale Morgan

Mary DeNeale Morgan (May 24, 1868 – October 10, 1948) was an American painter, especially in watercolor, and printmaker.

Early life
Cypress Trees - Gray Day

A native of San Francisco, Morgan was the second of seven children; her mother's parents had emigrated to California from Scotland in the 1850s. She grew up in Oakland, where her father was city engineer for some years.[1][2]

She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute[3] and took some instruction with William Keith, a family friend,[1] of whom she has been called a favorite pupil.[4]

Career

She opened a studio in Oakland in 1896, and for a short while also taught art at Oakland High School. In 1909 she moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea, purchasing a house and studio from watercolorist Sydney Yard.[5] In 1914 she took classes with William Merritt Chase when he came to the town for the summer, at her instigation.[1] From 1917 to 1925 she directed the Carmel School of Art.[6] She was among the founders of the Carmel Art Association.[2] In 1928 she was recognized by Scribner's for her work. During World War II she traveled weekly to Fort Ord to sketch some of the men stationed there.

Life

M. DeNeale Morgan moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 1910.[2] Morgan never married, and died in Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Legacy

Among the museums and institutions holding examples of her work are the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the San Francisco Art Association; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Southern California; and the University of Texas at Austin.[3]

References
  1. "Mary DeNeale Morgan, 1868–1948; essay by Julie Armistead". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 68. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  4. "Mary DeNeale Morgan". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  5. HarmonMedia. "Mary deNeale Morgan". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  6. Edwards, Robert W. (2012). Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1. Oakland, Calif.: East Bay Heritage Project. pp. 49–52, 73–78, 151–155, 177ff, 527–536. ISBN 9781467545679. An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website.


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