Artist

Martha B. Willson Day

born Providence, RI 1885-died Providence, RI 1983
Also known as
  • Martha Buttrick Willson
  • Mrs. Howard D. Day
Born
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Martha Patty Day began her career as a miniaturist after 1910 with an exhibition at the Rhode Island School of Design, and ended it with a solo exhibition there in 1979. In between she painted numerous prominent Rhode Island and New England residents. She studied in Paris and in the United States with the artist Lucia Fairchild Fuller.