Maria R. Dixon Explained

Maria R. Dixon
Education:Art Students League under Charles Yardley Turner

Maria R. Dixon (d. 1896) was an American painter active in the late 19th century.[1] Dixon mostly painted genre paintings and portraits, and also did many drawings for illustrated journals.

Life and career

Dixon did much of her work in New York, exhibiting with the Women's Art Club of New York. Dixon also worked under Charles Yardley Turner, who also did Genre paintings along with historical scenes.[2]

Dixon often signed her paintings as M. R. Dixon, leaving out her first name to avoid sexism in the arts. This was common for women to do at the time. Dixon also primarily painted women in her genre paintings and portraits and often used her daughter as a model.

Essays on American Art and Artists mentions her several times, showing photos of her paintings along with her illustrations. Dixon was praised for her paintings of female figures and her skills in portraiture.[3] Most of her Genre paintings depict women doing everyday activities like playing with cats or eating grapes, although she was also admired for her more dramatic and moving paintings, such as Into Each Life some Rain Must Fall.

Dixon died in 1896.[4]

Dixon has work in the Huntsville Museum of Art,[5] National Museum of Women in the Arts[6] and Wilson College, where Dixon did a portrait of Sarah Wilson, who the college is named after.

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sternberg, Paul . Art by American Women: Selections from the collection of Louise and Alan Sellers . Brenau College . 1991 . Gainsville, Georgia . 37 . English.
  2. Rupinski . Leigh . 2015 . Restoring History . Wilson Magazine . Fall 2015 . 39 . Issuu.
  3. Book: Hopkinson Smith, F. . Essays on American Art and Artists . Eastern Art League . 1896 . Temple Court, New York . 113, 114, 173, 175, 205, 207, 210, 248 . English.
  4. Book: Catalogue of the Private Art Collection of Thomas B. Clarke . 1899 . The American Art Association . Part I. Paintings . New York City . 46 . English.
  5. News: Rebels With a Cause: American Impressionist Women from the Huntsville Museum of Art. Traveling Exhibition Checklist . live . The Huntsville Museum of Art . 9.
  6. News: 2019 . National Museum of Women in the Arts Annual Report . live . April 19, 2024 . National Museum of Women in the Arts . 9.
  7. Web site: August 22, 2021 . Lot 164: Maria R. Dixon Portrait of Girl Eating Grapes . May 8, 2024 . Invaluable.

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