Cornelia Field Maury (1866–1942) was an American artist, known for her portraits of children. Maury often worked in

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s. She was based in St. Louis,

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About

Cornelia Field Maury was born in

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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, Louisiana in 1866. Her family had owned a theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. She studied at the

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(a part of

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) and the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

in Paris. She studied in France with

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, Luc-Olivier Merson, and

Jules Dupré Jules Louis Dupré (April 5, 1811 – October 6, 1889) was a French painter, one of the chief members of the Barbizon school of landscape painters. If Corot stands for the lyric and Rousseau for the epic aspect of the poetry of nature, Dupré i ...

. She was a member of St. Louis Artists' Guild and Society of Western Artists. In 1899, Maury was exhibiting her work at the St. Louis Artists' Guild. Her work "Mother and Child" was hung in 1900 at the

Salon des Artistes Francais The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

. She lived in St. Louis in her family home, the historical ''Guion House'' (also referred to as the ''Maury House'') at 5815 Pennsylvania Ave in the Carondelet neighborhood.

Death and legacy

She died in 1942, in Saint Louis, Missouri. However her year of death has been incorrectly attributed with many other dates, and as early as 1934. Her work is in many public museum collections including

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, among others.

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Cornelia Field Maury
on AskArt.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Maury, Cornelia F. 1866 births 1942 deaths Painters from St. Louis Artists from New Orleans 19th-century American women painters 19th-century American painters 20th-century American women painters 20th-century American painters Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts alumni Académie Julian alumni American pastel artists Women pastel artists