Mary Brewster Hazelton

Mary Brewster Hazelton
Born	(1868-11-23)November 23, 1868 Milton, Massachusetts, US
Died	September 13, 1953(1953-09-13) (aged 84) Wellesley, Massachusetts, US
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, Massachusetts[1] 42°17′42.62″N 71°16′42.72″W / 42.2951722°N 71.2785333°W / 42.2951722; -71.2785333
Known for	Painting portraits
Awards	First Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design 1896 Paige Traveling Scholarship, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1899 Honorable Mention, Pan-American Exposition 1901 Medal, Panama–Pacific International Exposition 1915

Mary Brewster Hazelton (November 23, 1868 – September 13, 1953) was an American portrait painter. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was later an instructor. Among her other achievements, Hazelton was the first woman to win an award open to both men and women in the United States when she won the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1896. Her portrait paintings are in the collections of the Massachusetts State House, Harvard University, Peabody Essex Museum, and Wellesley Historical Society. The professional organizations that Hazelton was affiliated with included the Wellesley Society of Artists, of which she was a founding member, and The Guild of Boston Artists, of which she was a charter member. She lived her adult life with her sisters in the Hazelton family home in Wellesley, Massachusetts.