Mary Teasdel

Women in the Arts » Art

Impressionist artist who studied in Europe under Jules Simon and James MacNeil Whistler. Teasdel was the first woman from Utah to exhibit at the French Salon. Later, she served as president of the Utah Institute of Fine Arts (now the Utah Arts Institute) — the first state-supported arts organization in the United States. Some of her most famous works include Mother and Child and Dutch Woman Knitting.