Cornelia F. Maury

Cornelia Field Maury (1866–1942) was an American artist, known for her portraits of children. Maury often worked in pastels.[1] She was based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Cornelia F. Maury
Born
Cornelia Field Maury

1866
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died1942
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis, Académie Julian
Known forArtist

About

Cornelia Field Maury was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1866.[2] Her family had owned a theatre in St. Louis, Missouri.[3] She studied at St. Louis School of Fine Arts (a part of Washington University in St. Louis) and the Académie Julian in Paris.[2] She studied in France with Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Raphaël Collin, Benjamin Constant, Jean-Paul Laurens, Luc-Olivier Merson, and Jules Dupré.[4][1]

She was a member of St. Louis Artists' Guild and Society of Western Artists.[1] In 1899, Maury was exhibiting her work at the St. Louis Artists' Guild.[5] Her work "Mother and Child" was hung in 1900 at the Salon des Artistes Francais.[1]

She lived in St. Louis in her family home, the historical Guion House (also referred to as the Maury House) at 5815 Pennsylvania Ave in the Carondelet neighborhood.[6][7]

Death and legacy

She died in 1942,[6][8] in Saint Louis, Missouri. However her year of death has been incorrectly attributed with many other dates, and as early as 1934.[9]

Her work is in many public museum collections including Smithsonian American Art Museum,[9] among others.

References
  1. Erskine, Clara; Waters, Clement (1984). Women in the Fine Arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth. Volume 1 of Library of Alexandria. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 9781465583321.
  2. American Art Annual. Volume 14. American Federation of Arts. MacMillan Company. 1918. p. 552.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "Ludlow-Field-Maury Family Papers, 1784; 1817-1945". The Missouri Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  4. American Art Annual. Volume 1. American Federation of Arts. MacMillan Company. 1899. p. 466.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Museum, School and Exhibition Notes". Brush and Pencil. 3 (4): 244–248. 1899. ISSN 1932-7080. JSTOR 25505357.
  6. "Old St Louis Houses: The Guion House". The St. Louis Star and Times. 1943-05-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  7. "Maury House, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  8. "Obituary search". St. Louis Public Library. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index, 1880-2009.
  9. "Cornelia F. Maury". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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