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Like her aunt and mentor E. M. Scott, [6] Spafard was known for her botanical paintings. Her work was included in exhibitions at the National Academy of Design in 1888, [7] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1896, [8] the American Water-Color Society in 1901 and 1903, [9] [10] [11] the Boston Art Club in 1902 and 1903, [12] [13] the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904 ...
In addition to her work as an art teacher, Margaret exhibited a watercolor at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. [11] She was also a contributor to Keramic Studio, a china-painting publication. Her designs appeared in several issues of the specialty magazine between 1903 and 1913, most notably the March 1907 issue. [8] [12]
The society was founded in 1866 by eleven painters and was originally known as the American Society of Painters in Water Colors. [1] Initially, it was difficult to draw in new members, partially because some artists of the time opposed the society's policy of allowing women to join. [2] The New York Watercolor Club merged into the society in 1941.
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1879 Peabody and Stearns building, home of the art school 1879–05 (razed 1919) former British Pavilion building, home of the art school 1905–25 (razed 1925). The St. Louis School of Fine Arts was founded as the Saint Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts in 1879 as part of Washington University in St. Louis, and has continuously offered visual arts and sculpture education since then.
In 1812, the Society reformed as the Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolours, reverting to its original name in 1820. In 1831 a schism created another group, the New Society for Painters in Water Colours, and so the 1804 group became known as the Old Water Colour Society , and just the Old Society .
In 1866, Colman was one of the founders of the American Watercolor Society, and he became its first president [3] from 1867 to 1871. Colman also became skilled at the medium of etching . He was an early member of the New York Etching Club , and published popular etchings depicting European scenes.
In 1941, she married writer Martin Dreyer and became Margaret Webb Dreyer. They were married for 35 years, until her death in 1976. Martin Dreyer was a fiction writer published in Esquire, Prairie Schooner, and the university-based "little magazines" of the 1940s, and whose work was "starred" in several editions of the Best Short Stories of the Year.