Carolyn Mase

Carolyn Campbell Mase (1880 – 1949) was an American painter born in Matteawan, New York, best known for her Impressionist landscapes.[1]

Carolyn Campbell Mase
Born1880 (1880)
Matteawan, New York
Died1949 (aged 68–69)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting

Life

She studied painting with John Henry Twachtman.[2] She had developed into a well established artist by 1912.

Harbor scene

She was raised in Beacon, New York, where the fire station is named after her father, Willard H. Mase. After finishing school in Beacon, Ms. Mase and her friend and contemporary, Alice Judson, traveled to France to study painting where they were influenced by the Impressionists of the day: Renoir, Manet and Monet.[3] "Ms. Mase's style lent itself well to the subject matter of the Hudson River and its Highlands...radically changing the images from the precise Hudson River School technique to the softer impressionism then gaining influence abroad."

Armory Show of 1913

Mase was one of the artists who exhibited at the Armory Show of 1913, which included one of her pastels entitled September Haze ($100).[4]

Reception

On May 1, 1929, Vassar Quarterly labeled her art as "delicate color and impressionistic technique".[5]

References
  1. Petteys, Chris, ‘’Dictionary of Women Artists’’, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985
  2. Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
  3. "Carolyn Mase - Artist Biography for Carolyn Mase". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  4. Brown, Milton W., ‘’The Story of the Armory Show’’, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963, p. 266
  5. "Vassar Quarterly 1 May 1929 — Vassar Newspaper Archives". newspaperarchives.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-05.


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