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South Hanover Street or Pennsylvania Avenue * Impression, c. 1940, by Mary Di Crispino. Oil on masonite. 17 61/64 x 22 in. (45.6 x 55.9 cm.). Maryland Historical Society, City Life Museums Collection. Accession: MA5359.
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Medium/Discipline: Painting
Birthplace: Catania, Sicily
Maryland Affiliation: Depicts Maryland subjects, Active while in residence
Prominent Theme: Portraiture; Genre Subjects
Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White
Biography: Born in Catania, Sicily, Di Crispino arrived in Baltimore in 1904. Beginning as a portrait painter her formal studies were undertaken at the Maryland Institute College of Art from 1929 to 1931. Subsequently, she studied with Baltimore artists Herman Maril (1908-1986) and Karl Metzler (1909-1995), and received encouragement from Baltimore Sun critics A.D. Emmart and R.H. Gardner. Her paintings were widely exhibited in the region beginning in 1938 when she was included in a Maryland Artist exhibition at The Baltimore Museum of Art. Her compositions were exhibited often at the BMA including a solo exhibition in 1943. The Baltimore collector, J. Blankfard Martenet, was a major patron of Di Crispino and bequeathed a significant collection of her works to the Museum upon his death in 1957.
Selected References: Exhibition label, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Artists from the Collection, 1890-1970, April 24-October 27, 2002
Maryland Institutions Holding Artworks: The Baltimore Museum of Art,
Maryland Historical Society
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