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Mary Low (surrealist)
Mary Low may refer to: * Mary Caffrey Low (1850–1926), American librarian and educator * Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low (1858–1946), American painter * Mary Stanley Low Mary Stanley Low (14 May 1912 – 9 January 2007) was a British and Cuban political activist, Trotskyist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher. She is most known for the book ''Red Spanish Notebook: the first six months of revolution and t ... (1912–2007) - British-Cuban political activist, Trotskyist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher See also * Mary Lowe (other) {{hndis, Low, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Caffrey Low
Mary Caffrey Low Carver (March 22, 1850 - March 4, 1926) was an American librarian and educator. She was one of the five founding members of the Sigma Kappa sorority and a pioneering advocate for women's education, along with being an accomplished library scientist and writer. She was also the first female student of Colby College. Founding of Sigma Kappa Sorority Colby College, in Waterville, Maine, became the first New England college to admit women along with men when Low became the first female student at Colby in 1871, and for two years remained the only one. Eventually she was joined by four other women, and along with Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Fuller, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn, Low created Sigma Kappa sorority at Colby on November 9, 1874. Low was the first woman to appear on the rolls of Sigma Kappa and the first to preside over an initiation. She was also the first woman to be invited to join the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society. As the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low
Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low (1858–1946) was an American painter. She specialized in landscapes, genre paintings, and portraits. Biography Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low was born in 1858 in New Haven, Connecticut. She studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts (where she won a three years' scholarship), and in Paris at the Académie Julian and under Carolus Duran. She had her own studio at 11 Impasse du Maine, (now part of Musée Bourdelle). She married Frederick MacMonnies in 1888 and divorced him in 1909. She married Will H. Low that same year. Chicago mural In April 1892, Low (then MacMonnies) was approached by Sarah Tyson Hallowell, agent for Bertha Palmer, the prime mover behind the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, to paint one of the two mural tympana planned for the building's interior. The other was ''Modern Woman'', by Mary Cassatt. The topic of Low's mural was ''Primitive Women'' and it was by all accounts at the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stanley Low
Mary Stanley Low (14 May 1912 – 9 January 2007) was a British and Cuban political activist, Trotskyist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher. She is most known for the book ''Red Spanish Notebook: the first six months of revolution and the civil war''. Early life Low was born in 1912 in London, England, to Australian parents. She was educated in France and Switzerland, spoke English, French and Spanish, and travelled with her parents in Europe as a child. In her early career, Low worked as a Latin teacher, wrote for English magazines and edited ''Classics Chronicles'', a biannual magazine dedicated to the Latin language and the history of Rome. Activism in Europe Low met the Cuban surrealist poet Juan Ramón Breá (1905–1941) in 1933 in Paris. They befriended members of the French surrealist movement, such as the painter Óscar Domínguez, the painter Wifredo Lam and the poet Benjamin Péret. The couple became lovers and travelled extensively throughout Europe, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
