Mary Hamilton Frye

Mary Hamilton Frye (April 18, 1890 – May 18, 1951) was an American stained glass artist and children's book illustrator.

Biography

Mary Hamilton Frye was born in Salem, Massachusetts on April 18, 1890. Her parents were Nathan Frye and Alice H. Chase. Her family later moved to Cambridge around 1896 and lived at 10 Acacia Street in Cambridge.

Frye was educated at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She initially became a children's book illustrator, illustrating many works including the Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In Cambridge, she designed windows at Bertram and Eliot halls in the Radcliffe Quadrangle.

She exhibited her work with the Cambridge Art League and The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston.

In 1949, Frye moved to Concord, Massachusetts and worked as an artist at the Boston Museum of Science. Frye died of breast cancer at the age of 61 on May 18, 1951, and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord.