Maria R. Dixon

Maria R. Dixon (d. 1896) was an American painter active in the late 19th century. Dixon mostly painted genre paintings and portraits, and also did many drawings for illustrated journals.

Life and career

Dixon did much of her work in New York, exhibiting with the Women's Art Club of New York. Dixon also worked under Charles Yardley Turner, who also did Genre paintings along with historical scenes.

Dixon often signed her paintings as M. R. Dixon, leaving out her first name to avoid sexism in the arts. This was common for women to do at the time. Most of her Genre paintings depict women doing everyday activities like playing with cats or eating grapes, although she was also admired for her more dramatic and moving paintings, such as Into Each Life some Rain Must Fall.

Dixon has work in the Huntsville Museum of Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts and Wilson College, where Dixon did a portrait of Sarah Wilson, who the college is named after.

Gallery alt=Black and White photo of a painting featuring a woman in a dress sitting in a chair and playing with a small cat. Maria R. Dixon. Idle Hours. n.d. Photo of painting. alt=Black and white photo of a painting featuring a young girl poking a cat while it sleeps in a chair. Maria. R Dixon. Disturbing the Peace. n.d. Photo of a Painting. alt=Black and white photo of a painting of three women having tea at a table. Maria R. Dixon, An Interesting Moment, n.d. Photo of a Painting. alt=Photo of a drawing featuring a woman burying her face in the other's chest. The other woman looks up, with a sad expression. Maria R. Dixon, Into Each Life some Rain Must Fall. n.d. Photo of a drawing.