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1913 Crestwood, Kentucky - 1993 Provincetown, Massachusetts. Known for: Modernist portrait painting, surrealism.
Born in Crestwood, Kentucky, Mary Spencer Nay was a painter in modernist style. She studied at the Art Center Association School in Louisville from 1933 to 1940, and then attended the Art Students... Read full biography
Born in Crestwood, Kentucky, Mary Spencer Nay was a painter in modernist style. She studied at the Art Center Association School in Louisville from 1933 to 1940, and then attended the Art Students League and the Cincinnati Art Academy. From the University of Louisville, she earned a BA in 1941 and... Read full biography
Born in Crestwood, Kentucky, Mary Spencer Nay was a painter in modernist style. She studied at the Art Center Association School in Louisville from 1933 to 1940, and then attended the Art Students League and the Cincinnati Art Academy. From the University of Louisville, she earned a BA in 1941 and an MA in 1961. She lived primarily in Louisville, where from 1940 to 1959, she was Director of the Art Center Association School and from 1959 taught at the University of Louisville. She spent many... Read full biography
Born in Crestwood, Kentucky, Mary Spencer Nay was a painter in modernist style. She studied at the Art Center Association School in Louisville from 1933 to 1940, and then attended the Art Students League and the Cincinnati Art Academy. From the University of Louisville, she earned a BA in 1941 and an MA in 1961. She lived primarily in Louisville, where from 1940 to 1959, she was Director of the Art Center Association School and from 1959 taught at the University of Louisville. She spent many summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and in 1995-1996, a retrospective of her work was held by the Provincetown Art Association. Source:. Outer Cape Art Auctions, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art... Read full biography
Born in Crestwood, Kentucky, Mary Spencer Nay was a painter in modernist style. She studied at the Art Center Association School in Louisville from 1933 to 1940, and then attended the Art Students League and the Cincinnati Art Academy. From the University of Louisville, she earned a BA in 1941 and an MA in 1961. She lived primarily in Louisville, where from 1940 to 1959, she was Director of the Art Center Association School and from 1959 taught at the University of Louisville. She spent many summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and in 1995-1996, a retrospective of her work was held by the Provincetown Art Association. Source:. Outer Cape Art Auctions, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art... Read full biography
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Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
- •Rockport, Massachusetts
Art Teacher
- •Boris Margo
- •George Grosz
- •Will Barnet
- •Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Cincinnati Academy of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Acrylic Paint Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art