Biografie von Mary Scruggs SPENCER (1909-?)

Birth place: Ancon, Panama

Addresses: Longview, TX

Profession: Painter, instructor

Studied: Univ. Alabama; Southern Methodist Univ. with DeForrest Judd.

Exhibited: Butler Mus. FA Nat. Exh., Youngstown, OH, 1964; Artists of the Gulf States, Delgado Mus., New Orleans, LA, 1964; Sun Carnival Nat. Exh., El Paso (TX) Mus. FA, 1965-67; Parthenon, Nashville, TN, 1965 (solo); Beaumont (TX) Mus., 1970; Frederick-Nila, Longview, TX, 1970s. Awards: Texas FAA, 1963 (hon. mention); Elizabet Ney Mus., 1964 (Grumbacher Award); Beaumont Mus., 1967 (Fred Miller Award).

Member: Texas FAA; East Texas FAA (bd. mem., 1970-71); Texas WCS (mem.-at-large, 1972; dir.-at-large, 1972-73); Gregg Art Guild; Tyler Art Lg.

Work: Commissions: romantic garden scene, Riff's Bridal Salon, Longview, TX, 1957.

Comments: Preferred media: oils. Teaching: night dept., Kilgore Jr. College, TX, 1966-72; St. Mary's, Longview, TX, 1972; Longview Mus. & AC; private workshops. Collection: contemporary regional artists.

Sources: WW73; Ashford, Arts," San Antonio Express, January 13, 1963; Stevens, "Aux …tats Unis," La RÈvue Mod. (February, 1965); Hieronymus, "Art & Theatre," Nashville Tennessean, March 14, 1965 & April 18, 1965."