Coleman, Mary Suehanna

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Coleman, Mary Suehanna

Coleman, Mary Suehanna (1893-1956).

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Summer Meadows by Mary Coleman (1893-1956)

29" x 43", Oil/Canvas, Signed

Est.: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $3,025 on 10/21/1997
ARTIST WORLD RECORD

Born in Fort Worth, TX on Nov. 16, 1893.

Mary Darter graduated from Texas Christian University and then studied at the ASL in NYC under Bridgman, Mora, and Carlson.

From New York she returned to Texas as an art instructor at Midland College, Texas Christian University, and Phillips University in Oklahoma.

After her marriage to painter Harvey B. Coleman in 1925, she settled in Los Angeles.

Among those with whom she further studied are Edgar Payne and Jack W. Smith.

Mrs. Coleman died in Los Angeles on Dec. 17, 1956.

Her work includes portraits and landscapes.

Member: LA AA; Calif. Art Club; Women Painters of the West; Glendale AA. Exh: Texas State Fair, 1915; LA Co. Fair, 1929; Van Nuys Gallery, 1946; Artists of the SW, 1952.

Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1919-24; Artists of the American West (Samuels); Women Artists of the American West; Los Angeles Times, 12-19-1956 (obituary).

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