Artist Signatures

Mary Elizabeth King

Mary Elizabeth King (1899 - 1991) was active/lived in California, District Of Columbia, Missouri.  Mary King is known for Landscape painting.

Born in Springfield, Missiouri on January 19, 1899, Mary King studied at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Academie Julian in Paris, Chelsea Art School in London, and with Savini in Florence. 

By the late 1930s she was a resident of San Francisco. In 1947 she married James J. Loftus. She died in Washington, DC on January 15, 1991. 

Primarily a miniature painter, she also was a competent landscape painter. 

Exhibited: 
California Society of Miniature Painters, 1938; Society of Washington Artists.

Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Who’s Who in American Art, 1940; Social Security Death Index; SF Chronicle, 11-20-1947, 38/3.


Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 20 auction lots for Mary Elizabeth King (of which 13 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 0 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Mary Elizabeth King as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Mary Elizabeth King in 0 of its research Essays. Mary Elizabeth King has 5 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 9 similar (related) artists for Mary Elizabeth King available:    Charles Reinike,  Robert Gordy,  Ellsworth Woodward,  Alberta Kinsey,  Robert Rucker,  Noel Rockmore,  Colette Pope Heldner,  Alexander John Drysdale,  Clementine Reuben Hunter