Mary Lane McMillan (Texas, 1883-1976), "River Arno, Florence", ca. 1910-1912, oil painting on canvas board

sight: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in., frame: 21 x 24 1/2 in.

Provenance: A King William mansion, San Antonio, Texas

Mary Lane McMillan was an American magazine and book illustrator and fine artist during the early to mid 20th century. She studied at the National Academy of Design in New York from 1902 to 1904, where she won the Suydam Medal for best work in her Antiques class in the 1903 Spring competition and won Honorable Mention in her Illustration class in the 1904 Spring Competition. After her studies, McMillan taught art at the Presbyterian College for Women in Milford, TX and was later head of the Art Department at Polytechnic College (now named Texas Wesleyan University) in Fort Worth, TX from 1906 to 1912. In 1910 McMillan traveled to Florence, Italy to study under William Merritt Chase at his private villa. From 1910 to 1912 she was a popular exhibitor at the Fort Worth Public Library's art exhibitions, often displaying her works created in Italy

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