Sue May Gill Explained

Sue May Gill
Birth Date:January 12, 1887
Birth Place:Sabinal, Texas
Death Place:Topton, Pennsylvania
Nationality:American
Education:Chicago Art Institute, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Academie Colarossi
Field:Painting
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    Sue May Gailey Wescott Gill was an American artist and member of the Philadelphia Ten.[1]

    Life

    Sue May Gill was born on January 12, 1887, in Sabinal, Texas.[2] The second child of Asa Jones Gailey and Sue Louise Connally, she studied at the Chicago Art Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Academie Colarossi in Paris. Gill married Orville D. Wescott, a physician residing in Denver, Colorado in 1908, and had a daughter in 1915. She and Wescott divorced in 1928, and she later married Paul L. Gill, with whom she lived in Harvey Cedars, New Jersey.

    Gill had a one-woman show at the Art Club of Philadelphia in 1930. In 1931 she joined the Philadelphia Ten group and served as its chairman from 1934 through 1935.[2]

    Gill died on January 14, 1989, in Topton, Pennsylvania.[3]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: The Philadelphia Ten. Moore Women Artists. 14 April 2018.
    2. Web site: Sue May Westcott Gill. Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio. 14 April 2018.
    3. http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/m/w/mwl2/Gill_Page.html Sue May Gailey Wescott Gill-Artist (1887-1989)