1) Mary Elizabeth Price, born in Martinsburg, West Virginia on March 1, 1877 to February 19, 1965 (aged 87), was an American Impressionist painter.
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2) Price studied from about 1896 to 1904 at the Pennsylvania Museum & School of Industrial Art & from about 1904 to 1907 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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3) Inspired by the painters from Siena and Florence during the Italian Renaissance, Price is best known for her floral still life paintings which used gold and silver leaf.
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4) Her works were created by first applying red clay and gesso to wooden panels. Metal leaf was added and then oils painted on the panels of figures or flowers. She created large gilded panels with this.
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5) As an early member of the Philadelphia Ten, she organized exhibits and participated in solo and group shows in many galleries in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
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6) Between 1920 & 1927, she was the chair of the exhibition committee for the National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors & arranged 32 exhibits across America, & in Buenos Aires & Rio de Janeiro.
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