Lucy May Stanton

Lucy May Stanton (May 22, 1875 – March 19, 1931) was an American painter. She made landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, but Stanton is best known for the portrait miniatures she painted. Her works are in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Self-Portrait in the Garden and Miss Jule (1926) are part of the museum's permanent collection.

Early life Stanton was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the first of two daughters of William Lewis Stanton and Frances Louisa Cleveland Megee Stanton. (The Hellers state that the instructor's surname was Seato Willie Marion Stanton.) Her mother, Frances Megee Stanton, died in 1888.

Education and early career Lucy and Willie were educated at the Southern Female College (now known as Cox College) in LaGrange, Georgia where Lucy graduated in 1893 with the highest honors in Greek and Latin. and studied with James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

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Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia