American School Detroit Michigan Artist Mildred E. Williams Oil Painting Signed, O/C, Modernist Still-Life, 20 x 24", 25 x 29" framed.
Mrs. Williams was a member of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters and was listed in Who’s Who in Art in America.A native of Detroit, Miss Williams, 75, died Sept. 4. She began her art study at the Wicker Art School in Detroit and won a scholarship to the Art Students’ League in New York, where she studied under Robert Henri and Joseph Pennell.She studied and painted in France in 1923-24 and returned to Europe in 1929 for several months of work. Miss Williams maintained a New York studio for more than 15 years. Her work is in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, the Staten Island Museum, the New York public Library and the Library of Congress.Miss Williams exhibited for many years in the Michigan Artists Exhibition, and her works were shown in Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and other major cities. During recent years, Miss Williams taught private classes in Birmingham and continued with her own work. She was a life member of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.

25 x 29 x 2 in

10 lb