Shirley Williamson

Shirley Williamson (1875–1944) was an American artist and educator, known for her seaside paintings and monotype prints. She was active between 1913 until 1940, in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area and Carmel, California.

Early life and education At birth she was named Maud Shirley Perry and was born May 25, 1875, in New York City, New York. She attended classes at the Art Students League of New York studying with William Merritt Chase, and later with Arthur Wesley Dow. She married physician Edward Lincoln Williamson in 1903, together they had a son. Her monotype print work was exhibited at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition (PPIE) in the United States Section, sponsored by the San Francisco Art Association.

In 1927, the family moved to 1344 Tasso Street in Palo Alto, while the family still maintained the second home in Carmel. and after 1940 she taught evening classes at Palo Alto High School.

Shirley Williamson died on March 30, 1944, in Palo Alto, and she is buried in Albany, New York.