Maud Gatewood (NC, 1934-2004), Untitled
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oil on canvas, signed at lower right, unframed.
30 x 38 in.
The daughter of the Caswell County sheriff, Maud Gatewood was born and raised in the rural town of Yanceyville, NC. She began her art studies at the age of 10 at Averett College in Danville, VA. In 1954 she graduated from North Carolina Woman's College (now UNC-G) with a fine arts degree, studying under Gregory Ivy. The next year she earned her Master of Fine Arts from Ohio State. And in 1963 she was awarded a Fulbright grant to study under Oskar Kokoschka in Austria.
She returned to North Carolina in 1964, where she was founding head of the Art Department at UNC-Charlotte. The majority of her career was spent teaching art in NC, with brief sojourns to New York and Ohio.
Gatewood exhibited widely throughout the Southeast and her work is now one of the most collected and sought after of NC artists. She is represented in numerous public and private collections including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; Nasher Art Museum at Duke University, Durham, NC; and Coca-Cola, Atlanta, GA.
From the Estate of the late H. Lee Fowlkes, Jr., Yanceyville, NC
Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
30 x 38 in.
The daughter of the Caswell County sheriff, Maud Gatewood was born and raised in the rural town of Yanceyville, NC. She began her art studies at the age of 10 at Averett College in Danville, VA. In 1954 she graduated from North Carolina Woman's College (now UNC-G) with a fine arts degree, studying under Gregory Ivy. The next year she earned her Master of Fine Arts from Ohio State. And in 1963 she was awarded a Fulbright grant to study under Oskar Kokoschka in Austria.
She returned to North Carolina in 1964, where she was founding head of the Art Department at UNC-Charlotte. The majority of her career was spent teaching art in NC, with brief sojourns to New York and Ohio.
Gatewood exhibited widely throughout the Southeast and her work is now one of the most collected and sought after of NC artists. She is represented in numerous public and private collections including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; Nasher Art Museum at Duke University, Durham, NC; and Coca-Cola, Atlanta, GA.
From the Estate of the late H. Lee Fowlkes, Jr., Yanceyville, NC
Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com
Condition
Light surface grime; minor craquelure.
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Maud Gatewood (NC, 1934-2004), Untitled
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