Background
Tyson, Mary was born on November 2, 1909 in Sewanee, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Stuart L. and Katherine Tyson.
Tyson, Mary was born on November 2, 1909 in Sewanee, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Stuart L. and Katherine Tyson.
Student Grand Central School Art, 1928-1930, Eastport School Art, 1928, New School Social Research, 1975-1976.
Exhibited one-man shows: Montross Gallery, New York City, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, Present DayClub, Princeton, New Jersey, Pen and Brush Club, New York City, Bodley Gallery, New York City. Exhibited group shows: Baltimore Water Color Club, Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts, Brooklyn Museum, College Arts Association, Morton Gallery, New York City, Saint Louis Museum Contemporary Art, Government House, Nassau, Pen and Brush Club, New York City (23 awards), New Rochelle (New York) Art Association, Allied Artists, Knickerbocker Artists, Katherine Lorillard Wolfe, National Arts Club, Lobster Pot Gallery, Nantucket, American Watercolor Society, Easthampton Guild Hall (award), Nantucket Artists Association. Represented in permanent collections: Guild Hall Museum, Easthampton, Monterey (California) Peninsula Museum, Nantucket Artists Association, Harrison Memorial Library, Carmel, California.
Member American Watercolor Society, Pen and Brush.
Married Kenneth West. Thompson, October 1,1931. Children: Kenneth Stuart, Loran Tyson.