Draft:Mary Marshall
Woman Arts educator
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Mary Marshall (March 8, 1878 - April 20, 1950) was the Director of the Department of Art at Texas State College for Women in Denton, TX (now known as Texas Woman’s University), an American educator, and visual artist.[1]
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Date of birth: March 8, 1878, Greenville, Texas
Died: April 20, 1950, Ft. Worth, Texas, All Saints Hospital
Cause of death: Cancer of liver and lungs
Father: A.S. Marshall
Mother (maiden): Mary Jane Martin
Occupation: Artist, educator, and Director of the Department of Art, Texas State College for Women (Texas Woman’s University), Denton, TX
Education
Mary Marshall received her B.S. from Columbia University Teachers College in 1925 and her M.A. also from Columbia University Teachers College. She received additional training from Chicago School of Design.[2]
Career
Before becoming faculty at the College of Industrial Arts (now known as Texas Woman’s University) for the 1916-1917 academic year, Mary Marshall taught in Dallas High Schools and at the School of Music and Art in Wichita Falls, TX. As a practicing visual artist, she received first prize in the category of Decorative Silks in the Fifth Annual Textile Design Contest, which was held by the Art Alliance of America in 1920. She was a part of the teacher’s department at the Texas State College for Women from 1916 to 1930. In November of 1929, she gave a talk called ‘Significant Art Teaching’ at the State Teachers’ Association meeting. Shortly after, in 1930, she became Chair of the Department of Art at Texas State College for Women.[3]
Exhibition
One of Marshall’s paintings as well as her work that she contributed to the botanical gardens of Texas Woman’s University were honored at the 2022 Forgotten 9 Exhibition of the Greater Denton Arts Council in Denton, TX.[4]
Contributions
In 1942, Marshall was a member of both the Texas State Teachers Association and the Texas Fine Arts Association.[5]
Mary Marshall was influential in the life of Denton architect O’Neil Ford. She allowed him access to the CIA library and the facilities at the art department while he was a high school student. Because of this connection, Ford was commissioned by Marshall for her home to his first architect project, which is known as the Mary Marshall House at 1819 N. Bell Ave. Ford finished this house at just 24 years old in 1929, shortly before Marshall became Chair of the Art Department.[6] Marshall was also prominent in Ford’s career by assisting him in securing his appointment as the restoration architect of La Villita in San Antonio, TX and organizing the Little Chapel project at Texas Woman’s University for Ford and his partner Swank.[7]
In 1948, Marshall along with Coreen Spellman helped contribute a bronze tablet memorializing the service of T.S.C.W. women in World War II.[8]
In 1930 Mary Marshall became a member of the Exterior Beautification Committee of Texas. She was one of three members of a group that would come together to create the botanical gardens at TWU for native Texas plants and wildflowers. “She hoped that the gardens would create not only a space for an educational laboratory for students but also a place for relaxation and serenity. The garden is marked by a Texas historical marker that was erected in 1982 by the Texas Historical Commission and is located adjacent to the Little Chapel-in-the-Woods.” This project would lead to the creation of the first chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas as well as the creation of Texas Wildflower Day.[9]