May Wilson Preston
ARTISTMary (May) Wilson Watkins Preston was an American illustrator of books and magazines and an impressionist painter. She had an interest in art beginning in her teenage years, but her parents sent her to Oberlin College hoping that she would develop another interest. After three years, and at the urging of one of her teachers, Preston's parents allowed her to return to New York and attend the Art Students League. She then studied in Paris with James Whistler and next at the New York School of Art with William Merritt Chase.
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May Wilson Preston, wall art & digital downloads
1 works by May Wilson Preston (American, 1873–1949) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Mary (May) Wilson Watkins Preston was an American illustrator of books and magazines and an impressionist painter. She had an interest in art beginning in her teenage years, but her parents sent her to Oberlin College hoping that she would develop another interest. After three years, and at the urging of one of her teachers, Preston's parents allowed her to return to New York and attend the Art Students League. She then studied in Paris with James Whistler and next at the New York School of Art with William Merritt Chase.
At a glance
Most of May Wilson Preston's work on the site falls under Illustration (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Expressionism (1).
Culture: American (1).
By orientation: 1 landscape.
Other American artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Charles Dana Gibson — 1,164 artworks
- Winslow Homer — 1,118 artworks
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler — 880 artworks
- John Singer Sargent — 694 artworks
- Joseph Pennell — 673 artworks
- Udo Keppler — 629 artworks
- James McNeill Whistler — 609 artworks
- Thomas Nast — 478 artworks
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