Emily Mason
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Emily Mason is an American abstract painter.
Mason is known for her work in Color Field
painting and Lyrical Abstraction
. She was born and raised in New York City
, where she continues to reside.
Emily Mason was born in Greenwich Village New York City in 1932 to Alice Trumbull Mason and Warwood Edwin Mason. Her mother was a founder of the American Abstract Artists. Her father was sea captain for American Export Lines. She attended the High School of Music and Art in
1946 -1950.
She attended Bennington College 1950-1952. In 1952, Emily transferred from Bennington College to the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, She was graduated in 1955.
In 1956, Emily was awarded a Fulbright grant to study in Italy. Before moving there, she met fellow painter Wolf Kahn, who later joined her in Venice. They were married there in March of 1957. Her work earned her a second year of the Fulbright grant. In late 1958 the couple returned to New York. Emily gave birth to their first daughter Cecily in 1959. In 1963 the family returned to Italy. Their daughter Melany was born in Rome in 1964.
Emily’s career began to flourish in the 1960s. She was awarded her first solo exhibition in 1960 at the Area Gallery in New York City. In the intervening years, she has had many solo exhibitions. Mason continues to exhibit her paintings in New York at the David Findlay Jr. Fine Arts and LewAllen Gallery in Santa Fe. There is a book on her, Emily Mason: The Fifth Element written by David Ebony.
In 1979 she began teaching at Hunter College. In 1968 the couple bought a farm in Brattleboro
Vermont where they continue to summer.
Mason is known for her work in Color Field
Color Field
Color Field painting is a style of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. It was inspired by European modernism and closely related to Abstract Expressionism, while many of its notable early proponents were among the pioneering Abstract Expressionists...
painting and Lyrical Abstraction
Lyrical Abstraction
Lyrical Abstraction is either of two related but distinctly separate trends in Post-war Modernist painting, and a third definition is the usage as a descriptive term. It is a descriptive term characterizing a type of abstract painting related to Abstract Expressionism; in use since the 1940s...
. She was born and raised in New York City
New York City
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, where she continues to reside.
Emily Mason was born in Greenwich Village New York City in 1932 to Alice Trumbull Mason and Warwood Edwin Mason. Her mother was a founder of the American Abstract Artists. Her father was sea captain for American Export Lines. She attended the High School of Music and Art in
1946 -1950.
She attended Bennington College 1950-1952. In 1952, Emily transferred from Bennington College to the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, She was graduated in 1955.
In 1956, Emily was awarded a Fulbright grant to study in Italy. Before moving there, she met fellow painter Wolf Kahn, who later joined her in Venice. They were married there in March of 1957. Her work earned her a second year of the Fulbright grant. In late 1958 the couple returned to New York. Emily gave birth to their first daughter Cecily in 1959. In 1963 the family returned to Italy. Their daughter Melany was born in Rome in 1964.
Emily’s career began to flourish in the 1960s. She was awarded her first solo exhibition in 1960 at the Area Gallery in New York City. In the intervening years, she has had many solo exhibitions. Mason continues to exhibit her paintings in New York at the David Findlay Jr. Fine Arts and LewAllen Gallery in Santa Fe. There is a book on her, Emily Mason: The Fifth Element written by David Ebony.
In 1979 she began teaching at Hunter College. In 1968 the couple bought a farm in Brattleboro
Vermont where they continue to summer.
Public Collections
- Alexander Foundation, New York, NY
- Brookhaven Laboratory, Brookhaven, NY
- Boston Mutual Life, Canton, Ma
- Ciba-Geigy Chemical Corporation, Cleveland, OH
- Convexity Capital, Boston, MA
- Felton International, New York, NY
- Lehman Brothers, Kuhn and Loeb, New York, NY
- Morgan Stanley Group, New York, NY
- Morgan Stanley Company, Tokyo, Japan
- National Academy Museum, New York, NY
- New Britain Museum, New Britain, CT
- Rockefeller Group, New York, NY
- Rutgers Archive, Rutgers, NJ
- Springfield Museum, Springfield, MA
- Watkins Corporation, London, United Kingdom
- Wheaton College, Norton, MA
External links
- http://www.lewallencontemporary.com/bio.php?artistId=10001201
- http://www.davidfindlayjr.com/indiv_artist.php?id=59#