biography of May Malone Stanhope ASHTON (1878-1976)

Birth place: Fairfax, VA

Death place: Washington, DC

Addresses: Wash., DC, from 1897

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: Corcoran Sch. of Art; Amer. Univ.; Critcher School of Painting and Commercial Art of DC; Columbia Univ.; Univ. of VA

Exhibited: Wash. WCC, 1897; PAFA, 1927-30; AIC, 1930; S. Wash. A., 1932 (bronze); Maryland Inst.; Phillips Coll.; CGA; Arts Cl. of Wash.

Member: S. Wash. A.; Wash. WCC; Wash. AC (charter)

Comments: Born May Malone. Specialized in portraits, but she also painted still lifes, landscapes, and abstracts, (in oil and watercolor). In 1892, she was appointed head of the Dept. of Fine Arts at George Washington Univ. For many years she was an art teacher in local secondary schools.

Sources: WW40; McMahan, Artists of Washington, D.C.; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists.