Antique Vintage WPA American Lithograph Ice Skating Scene, signed in plate lower left, MEW,Mildred E. Williams, 11 1/2 x 14 1/4" sheet.
Mildred Emerson Williams 'Mildred Williams': A fine American painter and lithographer, Mildred Emerson Williams first studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Art Students League of New York, under Robert Henri, John Sloan, George Luks and Mahonri Young. She later concluded her studies in Paris in the late 1920's. Corner in Chartres probably dates from this period. During her career, Mildred Williams produced many fine lithographs depicting views in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and in France. Most were printed in unnumbered editions but it is known that many of her fine prints were published in editions of thirty impressions or less. Corner in Chartres is typical of Williams's superb talents at capturing the feeling and tone of city life. Mildred E. Williams was a full member of the Society of Independent Artists, Artists Equity Association and the Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. During her exhibiting career she received awards from the Detroit Institute of Art (1928, 1934, 1939 and 1940) and from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1928). Her paintings and lithographs were also exhibited at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery and at the Carnegie Institute. Today examples of Mildred E. Williams' art are included in the collections of the New York Public Library, Palmer Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Detroit Institute of Art.

14.25 x 11.5 in

10 lb