Nan Mason
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Nan Mason (July 17, 1896 – March 2, 1982) was an American painter and photographer.
Nan Mason was born in New York City on July 17, 1896.[1]
Career
As a painter, Nam Mason was part of the Woodstock Artist Colony and also that of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California and Anna Maria Island, Florida. Mason specialized in enamel painting, adopting "semi abstract urban motifs and bolder colors", with a cubist movement influence.[2]
Mason was on the Board of Trustees of the Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen.[3]
During the Depression of the 1930s, Mason and Hervey opened their own shop, "Gaylite Candles", which gathered several stores in Manhattan, including Hammacher Schlemmer; the candles itself were hand-made by Mason.[2]
In 2015, the James Cox Gallery at Woodstock displayed the exhibition Wilna Hervey & Nan Mason: Two Woodstock Originals.[2]