biography of Mary Nicholena MACCORD (1864-1955)

Birth place: Bridgeport, CT

Death place: Bridgeport

Addresses: Bridgeport, 1915-20s; NYC, 926-on

Profession: Landscape painter

Exhibited: Baltimore WCC, 1923 (prize); NAWPS, 1931 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1918, 1922; AIC, 1915-24; NAD, 1916-27; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1916-28 (4 times); S. Indp. A., 1917-18

Member: NAC; NAWPS; AWCS; CAFA; NYWCC; New Haven PCC; NYSP; Wash. WCC; All. AA; AFA; Cosmopolitan Cl., NYC; Colonna Art Soc., Bridgeport (founder, c.1905)

Work: NAC

Comments: Daughter of a wealthy Bridgeport merchant, she traveled widely, painting in the Impressionist style, in pastels and oils. The sister of Charles W., she and her brother used "MacCord" when signing their paintings, but used "McCord" for legal purposes.

Sources: WW40; obit: Bridgeport Post (Aug., 6, 1955) courtesy Cooley Gal. Old Lyme, CT; Falk, Exh. Record Series.