Emily Mason

Emily Mason
Mason working in her Manhattan Studio in front of her painting Up River, 2016.
Born(1932-01-12)January 12, 1932
Greenwich Village, New York City, US
DiedDecember 10, 2019(2019-12-10) (aged 87)
EducationHigh School of Music & Art
Bennington College
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Known forAbstract painting
MovementAbstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Lyrical Abstraction
Spouse(s)Wolf Kahn, m. 1957

Emily Mason (January 12, 1932 – December 10, 2019) was an American abstract painter and printmaker. Mason developed her individual approach to the Abstract Expressionist and color field painting traditions with her veils of color and spontaneous gestural mark. Mason was born and raised in New York City, where she lived and worked until her death.