Mary Fairchild Low

Mary Fairchild Low (1866–1946) was an American figure, landscape, and portrait painter, who married Frederick MacMonnies in 1888 and Will H. Low in 1909. She was born at New Haven, Conn., and studied at the St. Louis Art School (where she won a three years' scholarship), and in Paris at the Académie Julian and under Carolus Duran. Her works include groups of nudes or modern figures painted in the open air and sunlight with dainty charm, as well as landscapes and portraits surrounded by graceful accessories. Among her later paintings are:

• "The Green Butterfly"
• "Early Morning Flower Market" (1910)
• "Christmas Eve in the Studio" (1911)
• "Little Women" (1911)
• "Portrait of W. H. Low" (1911)
• "Dogwood in Bloom" (1912)
• "Portrait of E. S. D." (1913)

She is represented in the Museum of Rouen, France, where she won a gold medal in 1903 and again in 1911. She also won a gold medal at Dresden in 1902, at Marseilles in 1905, and the Julia Shaw prize of the Society of American Artists in 1902. She became an associate of the National Academy of Design.

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