Maria Oakey Dewing
Maria Oakey Dewing (October 27, 1845 – December 13, 1927) was an American painter known for her depiction of flowers.[1] Born in New York, she decided at age seventeen to paint.[1][2] She first attended the Cooper Union School of Design in 1866, studying with William Rimmer and Robert Swain Gifford. There, she took classes with her friends Mary Stone, Mary Hallock, Olivia Ward, and Helena de Kay.[3]
During the summers of 1872 and 1873 Oakey visited de Kay in Newport, Rhode Island, where the two took informal outdoor painting lessons from the highly respected painter John La Farge (1835–1910).[3]
In 1875, Oakey and other students from the academy left to establish the now renowned Art Students League.[3]
In 1881, Maria Oakey married Thomas Wilmer Dewing.[4] Maria and her husband spent the summers from 1885 to 1905 at the Cornish Art Colony in Cornish, New Hampshire.[3]
Maria Oakey Dewing died on December 13, 1927 in the same city where her life began, expressing regret for what she had given up in her painting career. Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, Detroit Institute of the Arts, The Hood Museum of Art and others.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joan Marter (20 January 2011). The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Oxford University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ↑ "Little-known and under-appreciated art.: Maria Oakey Dewing (1845-1927)". Art Inconnu. 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Dekay-Oakey". Helenadekaygilder.org. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ↑ "Hood Museum of Art Acquires Rare Outdoor Still Life by Maria Oakey Dewing". Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ↑ "Search Artists / American Art". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2012-01-28.