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Sheet: 4 X 2.0 inches. Pencil sketch on stiff wove paper, signed lower right. One of a kind. Fine condition. Free shipping to US address. (bx-22) Note: Margery Ryerson was born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1886. Ryerson received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in English from Vassar College in 1909. She continued her studies as a pupil of Charles Hawthorne at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown MA & with Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York. Noted for her portraits of children, Ryerson also excelled as an oil painter. For a twenty-year period (c.1920-40) Miss Ryerson taught art in New York settlement houses in exchange for the privilege of painting & drawing the children in their care. It was during this period that the artist created what many scholars regard as her greatest achievement, a series of paintings & fine prints depicting children of the underclass & immigrants with such respect & sensitivity that they found universal appeal & demand. The United Nations Children's Fund has used her images on greeting cards & stamps. Associated American Artists NYC published a series of her etchings & lithographs. Many regard her images of children at play, in performance, & in repose, as some of the most beautiful ever created. Her etchings & lithographs were included in exhibitions worldwide, including the Paris Salon, 1921, & at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922. During her lifetime she was represented by Chapellier, Macbeth & Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. She also was a member of the National Academy of Design. in 1923 her book on the teachings of Henri, The Art Spirit, was published by Lippincott Company of Philadelphia & has been in continuous publication since. in 1984 she was included in an exhibit at the Newark Museum entitled The Eight & Their Influence & in 1990 her work was presented along with Henri's in a show entitled Henri & Ryerson, the Art Spirit at the Grand Central Art Galleries. in 2008 a selection of the artist's work was shown at the Provincetown Artists' Association & Museum (PAAM), which coincided with a major show stressing Charles Hawthorne (1872-1930) & his teaching methods. The influential book "Charles Hawthorne on Painting" is still in print & was largely compiled from Miss Ryerson's class notes. (source: James Cox Gallery) Reference: https://art.famsf.org/margery-austen-ryerson/resting-old-lady-armchair-195912241 https://americanart.si.edu/artist/margery-ryerson-4201 Margery Austen Ryerson | American, 1886-1989, "study For Resting", Ca. 1930, Pencil Drawing, Signed
