The Forgotten Impressionist: Mary Rogers Williams

Revolutionary artist Mary Rogers Williams (1857—1907), a baker’s daughter, biked and hiked from the Arctic Circle to Naples, exhibited from Paris to Indianapolis, trained at New York’s Art Students League, chafed against art world rules that favored men, wrote thousands of pages about her travels and work, taught at Smith College for nearly two decades, but sadly ended up almost totally obscure. In 2012, arts writer (and Upper West Sider!) Eve M. Kahn discovered Williams’s long-forgotten artworks and thousands of pages of letters. Her keen detective work resulted in her fascinating book on the forgotten Impressionist.

Join LW! for an exploration of the life of a singular woman who defied her era’s norms to undertake a globetrotting painting career and whose accomplishments and talents deserve attention and recognition.

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