Background
Prang, Mary Dana Hicks was born on October 7, 1836 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Daughter of Major and Agnes Amelia Livingston (Johnson) Dana.
Prang, Mary Dana Hicks was born on October 7, 1836 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Daughter of Major and Agnes Amelia Livingston (Johnson) Dana.
Graduate Allen Seminary, Rochester, with post-graduate courses at Harvard. Harvard-Lowell extension course. Art studies, School Museum Fine Arts, Boston.
Honorary Master of Arts, Radcliffe, 1916.
Master of Education, Harvard, 1921.
President Social Art Club, Syracuse, 1875-1880. Director Prang Normal Art classes, 1884-1900. President Massachusetts Floral Emblem Society, 1898-1901.
President Civic Club of Ward 19, Boston, 1909-1913, Roxbury Woman’s Suffrage Club, 1911-1913.
Author: (with John South. Clark and Walter South. Perry) The Use of Models, 1886. The Prang Complete Course in Form Study and Drawing (12 drawing books and manuals), 1889-1894.
The Prang Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing (6 drawing books and manuals), 1888. Form Study Without Clay, 1887.
The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction (12 drawing books and manuals), 1897-1900.
Suggestions for Color Instruction (with John South. Clark and Louis Prang), 1893. Art Instruction for Children in Primary Schools (2 volumes), 1900. Home: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Married Charles South. Hicks, October 7, 1856 (died 1858). Married second, Louis Prang, April.