Mary Spencer Nay
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Mary Spencer Nay (1913–1993) was an American painter and printmaker. Born in Crestwood, Kentucky, Nay studied at the Art Center Association School in Louisville from 1934 to 1940.[citation needed] She attended the Cincinnati Art Academy in 1942 and earned both her bachelor's and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Louisville, in 1941 and 1960, respectively.[citation needed] She also took lessons at the Art Students League of New York in 1942, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts under Boris Margo from 1950 to 1951.[citation needed] She taught at the University of Louisville for twenty years before retiring as the Marcia S. Hite professor of painting in 1979.[1] Nay exhibited widely in solo and group shows and was a member of the Provincetown Art Association, among other organizations.[citation needed] Her work is in the collections of the Evansville Museum of Arts and Science and the Speed Art Museum, among others.[2] Nay died of a gastrointestinal illness in Provincetown and was survived by two daughters.[3] A scholarship in her honor at the University of Louisville was created by the Hite Art Institute in 1993.[4]
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[edit]- ^ "Mary Spencer Nay". www.artnet.com. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
- ^ Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
- ^ "Mary Spencer Nay, 80, Painter and Professor". The New York Times. May 26, 1993. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ "Undergraduate Scholarships & Funding — Hite Art Institute, Department of Fine Arts". Retrieved January 31, 2017.
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