Mary Brewster Hazelton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Brewster Hazelton

American painter

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1868

Place of Birth: Milton, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1953

Profession: painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mary Brewster Hazelton (November 23, 1868 – September 13, 1953) was an American portrait painter.
She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was later an instructor.
Among her other achievements, Hazelton was the first woman to win an award open to both men and women in the United States when she won the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1896.
Her portrait paintings are in the collections of the Massachusetts State House, Harvard University, Peabody Essex Museum, and Wellesley Historical Society.
The professional organizations that Hazelton was affiliated with included the Wellesley Society of Artists, of which she was a founding member, and The Guild of Boston Artists, of which she was a charter member.
She lived her adult life with her sisters in the Hazelton family home in Wellesley, Massachusetts.