Nixon, Mary

Works in Woodmere's Collection

Illustration study of Pages [76] and [77] "Unity" for The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644-1944 [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio, 1950]

Illustration study of Page [64] "Sanctuary in the Wilderness" for The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644-1944 [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio, 1950]

Study for "Il Convito," The Banquet: Edith Emerson as the page "Giovanni" [with Mary Nixon and Daniel Buckley at right in outline], Celebrating Completion of Seven Panels for the Senate Chamber mural series, the State Capitol, Harrisburg

Portrait study of Mary Nixon

Study for "Il Convito," The Banquet [Edith Emerson and Alex de Tarnowski in outline at left, and Mary Nixon and Daniel Buckley at right], Celebrating Completion of Seven Panels for the Senate Chamber mural series, the State Capitol, Harrisburg

Study for the teacher (Mary Nixon, model), "Unity" mural, from the series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol

Italian Coloratura Soprano Amelita Galli-Curci

Related Commissions and Projects

Italy

Beatrice Harrison, "The Lady of the Nightingales" [Woman with Cello], date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

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