biography of Mary Clare SHERWOOD (1868-1943)

Birth place: Lyons, NY

Death place: Vicksburg, MS

Addresses: Vicksburg, MS/Lyons, NY

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: ASL, with Weir, Chase, Cox, W. Long, A. Archipenko; Berlin, with C. Fehr, C. Hermanns; F.E. Scott, in Paris.

Exhibited: Louvre, Paris; SSAL; S. Indp. A.; Mississippi AA, 1931(gold), 1934 (gold), 1938 (prize); Art Exhib., Women's Fed. Club, MS, 1933 (prize); NAWA

Member: NAWA; Mississippi AA; SSAL.

Comments: Painted mainly landscapes in oil & watercolor. Position: teacher, All Saints College, Vicksburg, MS, 1920-43.