Mary Theresa Hart

Mary Theresa Hart
Mary Theresa Hart, standing at right, with her sister Letitia B. Hart in their studio at 11 East 14th Street in Manhattan, published in February 1899 issue of Metropolitan Magazine
Born(1872-01-07)January 7, 1872
Brooklyn, New York
DiedFebruary 25, 1942(1942-02-25) (aged 70)
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
Mary Theresa Hart's circa-1900 portrait of her father James McDougal Hart

Mary Theresa Hart (January 7, 1872 – February 25, 1942) was an American artist and illustrator. She was known for portraits of sitters as prominent as her father, the Hudson River School painter James McDougal Hart[1] and the writers William Austin Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's brother) and Zoe Anderson Norris;[2] and for children's book and magazine illustrations. In the early 1900s she was considered "one of the best women artists" in New York.[3]

  1. ^ Preyer, David (April 1901). "The New York Art World". Brush and Pencil: 39.
  2. ^ Norris, Zoe Anderson (May 1912). "One Thing and Another". The East Side: 27.
  3. ^ "Music and Art". Standard Union: 4. November 3, 1902.