EARLY CALIFORNIA

Mary DeNeale Morgan was known for her pastels, paintings and etching; and as a longtime California artist, left a great legacy as a teacher and organizer as well as painter. She was a pupil in William Merritt Chase's summer classes there in 1914, and from 1917 to 1925 was director of the Carmel School of Art. She was also a founder of the Carmel Art Association.In 1928, the editors of "Scribner's" magazine named her as one of the nation's foremost women artists. Affiliations: National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors, the San Francisco Art Association, the California Watercolor Society, the Laguna Beach Art Association, the American Federation of Artists, and the Carmel Art Association.