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Mary Louise (Low) Fairchild BIOGRAPHY
1858 New Haven, Connecticut - 1946 Bronxville, New York. Known for: Portrait, figure, landscape and genre painting, murals.
The following text is from the Washington University in St. Louis Magazine, Fall 2009, by Candace O'Connor. "Mary Fairchild: Washington University’s Forgotten Impressionist". In the late 19th... Read full biography
The following text is from the Washington University in St. Louis Magazine, Fall 2009, by Candace O'Connor. "Mary Fairchild: Washington University’s Forgotten Impressionist". In the late 19th century, the University’s first female faculty member, Mary Fairchild (MacMonnies Low), left St. Louis for... Read full biography
The following text is from the Washington University in St. Louis Magazine, Fall 2009, by Candace O'Connor. "Mary Fairchild: Washington University’s Forgotten Impressionist". In the late 19th century, the University’s first female faculty member, Mary Fairchild (MacMonnies Low), left St. Louis for Paris on scholarship. Though?she is oft forgotten today, she made an indelible artistic mark on both continents during her lifetime. “I wonder how many remember Mary Fairchild,” mused Edmund H.... Read full biography
The following text is from the Washington University in St. Louis Magazine, Fall 2009, by Candace O'Connor. "Mary Fairchild: Washington University’s Forgotten Impressionist". In the late 19th century, the University’s first female faculty member, Mary Fairchild (MacMonnies Low), left St. Louis for Paris on scholarship. Though?she is oft forgotten today, she made an indelible artistic mark on both continents during her lifetime. “I wonder how many remember Mary Fairchild,” mused Edmund H. Wuerpel, director of the School of Fine Arts, in a 1929 Washingtonian article, “who early in her art student’s career gave evidence of the talent she later so splendidly developed?”. Decades later, we could ask the same question about this bold, brilliant... Read full biography
The following text is from the Washington University in St. Louis Magazine, Fall 2009, by Candace O'Connor. "Mary Fairchild: Washington University’s Forgotten Impressionist". In the late 19th century, the University’s first female faculty member, Mary Fairchild (MacMonnies Low), left St. Louis for Paris on scholarship. Though?she is oft forgotten today, she made an indelible artistic mark on both continents during her lifetime. “I wonder how many remember Mary Fairchild,” mused Edmund H. Wuerpel, director of the School of Fine Arts, in a 1929 Washingtonian article, “who early in her art student’s career gave evidence of the talent she later so splendidly developed?”. Decades later, we could ask the same question about this bold, brilliant woman artist, among the most successful of the late 19th and early 20th century. An outstanding student at the U... Read full biography
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Mary Fairchild (MacMonnies) Low, Mary Louise (Fairchild) Low, Mary Fairchild (Low) MacMonnies
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The following text is from the Washington University in St. Louis Magazine, Fall 2009, by Candace O'Connor.
"Mary Fairchild: Washington University’s Forgotten Impressionist"
In the late 19th century, the University’s first female faculty member, Mary Fairchild (MacMonnies Low), left St. Louis for Paris on scholarship. Though?she is oft forgotten today, she made an indelible artistic mark on both continents during her lifetime.
“I wonder how many remember Mary Fairchild,” mused Edmund H. Wuerpel, director of the School of Fine Arts, in a 1929 Washingtonian article, “who early in her art student’s career gave evidence of the talent she later so splendidly developed?”
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