Background
Ryerson, Margery Austin was born on September 15, 1886 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of David Austen and Mary McIlvaine (Brown) Ryerson.
Ryerson, Margery Austin was born on September 15, 1886 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of David Austen and Mary McIlvaine (Brown) Ryerson.
Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College, 1909; studied, Art Students League, New York City studied under Robert Henri and Charles W. Hawthorne.
Painter, etcher and lithographer.
Represented prints in permanent collections, Smithsonian Institution, other museum, United States and abroad. Exhibited paintings in collections, New Jersey History Society, painting in collections, Norfolk Museum Arts and Sciences, Virginia, prints in collections, Abbott Laboratories, painting in collections, National Academy of Design, paintings in collections, Vassar College, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Frye Museum, Seattle, Virginia State College, Union Theological Seminary. Contributor: Art in American, The American Scholar, American Artist, The Artist, New York Herald Tribune, New York Times Book Review.
Compiler: The Art Spirit, by Robert Henri. Co-editor: Hawthorne on Painting. Illustrator: Winkle Boo.
Member American Watercolor Society, Baltimore Water Color Club, Knickerbocker Artists, Society of America Graphic Artists, Allied Artists American (vice president 1952-1953), Audubon Artists (correspondent secretary 1958-1959), New Jersey Watercolor Society, Print Club Albany, Pen and Brush.