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Mary Earley (1900 – 1992) was an American painter known for her New Deal era murals.
Biography
[edit]Born 1900, in St. Louis, Earley moved to Chicago with her family and then located to New York City. She attended the Art Students League of New York where she studied with Kenneth Hayes Miller, Kimon Nicolaïdes, and William C. Palmer.[1]
In 1940, Earley's mural Down-Rent War, Around 1845 was installed in the Delhi, New York post office. It was sponsored by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA). The mural was one of the winner of the New Deal 48-State Competition Post Office murals. In 1941, Earley's mural Dance of the Hop Pickers was installed in the Middleburgh, New York post office. It was sponsored by the TSFA.[2][3][4]
Earley died in 1992, aged 91 or 92.[5]
Earley's study for the Down-Rent War, Around 1845 is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mary Earley - Biography". askART. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ↑ "Artist: Mary Earley". New Deal Art Registry. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ↑ "New Deal Projects - Mary Earley". Living New Deal. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ↑ O’Grady, John P. (Spring 2022). "Mary Earley's Dark Angels". Catskill Tri-County Historical Views. 5 (1) (published 24 May 2022). Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via tuckabold.com.
- 1 2 "Artist - Mary Earley". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.