Mary Bonkemeyer

Mary Bonkemeyer (1921 - 2017) was an American abstract painter. She was born in North Carolina, and received her Masters Degree in Fine Arts at the University of Iowa, where she studied with Phillip Guston. She split her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Marfa, Texas, where she painted and exhibited her work. Her painting was grounded in 20th Century Abstract Expressionism and its expanded themes.