Marion Greenwood (New York / Mexico, 1909 - 1970) Charcoal drawing. Image size: 13 x 8 inches. In 1930, Greenwood sketched theater genre for The New York Times, and in 1931 made the first of several trips to the Southwest to paint Navajo Indians. From there she went to Mexico and became the first woman commissioned by the government as a muralist. She also became a prominent WPA muralist in the United States. She was elected to the National Academy of Design: ANA 1958, NA 1959.