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"Kathleen McEnery is the best painter you've never heard of. How come? Her life got in the way of her art. Instead of a possibly international career, she chose a husband, children and a home in Rochester, New York."
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Kathleen McEnery Cunningham (1888–1971); American painter.
McEnery was born in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at a Belgian convent for one year before returning to New York to study at the Pratt Institute. She then studied under Robert Henri, traveling with his class to Spain in 1906–8 and then continuing her studies for two more years in Paris.
Work
McEnery opened her own studio in New York, where she painted many portraits and still-lives, following the school of Modernism. Her work was shown alongside that of Stuart Davis, Robert Henri, George Bellows, and Edward Hopper. She exhibited two nudes in the Armory Show in 1913.
After she married Frank Cunningham and moved to Rochester, New York, she continued to paint and exhibit under her maiden name. Her work was shown in the MacDowell Club as well as a suffrage show in 1915, a Society of Independent Artists show in 1920 and 1922, and other exhibitions at the Ferargil Galleries.
McEnery was an influential artist in Rochester. She was a member of the board of the Memorial Art Gallery, where she also taught classes for many years.
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Kathleen McEnery (Cunningham), painter of figure, portraits and still lives, was born in 1885 and died in Rochester, New York in 1971, having lived there for the last 57 years of her life. She studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and with Robert Henri at the New York School of Art and also with him in Spain in 1906 and 1908. In 1908, she rented a studio in Paris, and was very productive for several years as a painter. Returning to New York City, she exhibited with well-known artists including Henri, John Sloan...
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