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Mary Lou Ferbert

Occupation: Painter
Media: Transparent Watercolor.
Born Cleveland, Ohio, September 21, 1924.
Education
Duke Univ, BA, 45. Cleveland Inst Art, 68-78 & 95.

Teaching Positions
Instr watercolor, Cleveland Inst Art, 86 & 89-98.

Commissioned Works
Painting 45 x 30, Huntington Beach, 86; painting 641/2 x 421/2, Richard E Jacobs Group, 87; painting 48 x 96, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, Cleveland, Ohio, 88; painting 47 1/2 x 4, Lakewood Hosp, Ohio, 90; three paintings 60 x 36, Key Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, 92; 75th Anniversary Commemorative Medal, Cleveland Mus Natural Hist, 95; painting, 34 3/4 x 53 1/2, RPM Inc, 97; painting 36 x 96, Rocky River Public Library, Ohio, 98; painting 40 x 32, Rocky River Public Library, Ohio, 2002; painting 48 x 48, America Diabetes Association, Celebrity Art Auction, Cleveland, 2002.

Public Works
Cleveland Mus Natural Hist; Cleveland State Univ, Ohio; Nat Mus Women Arts, Washington, DC; Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers Univ; America Numismatic Soc, New York; El Paso Mus of Art; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Federal Res Bank of Cleveland; and others.

Exhibitions
Group exhibs, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Ann, 82-90, 92-93 & 95-2007; solo exhibs, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 93, Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, 2001 & 2005, The Gathering Place, Cleveland, 2008; Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 94; Nat Association Women Artists, Athens, Greece, 96; Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, Tennessee, 97; Gallery BAI, Barcelona, Spain, 98; State of the Art Biennial Watercolor Invitational, 1st Venue Siena Hts, Ill, 2003, 2nd Venue Parkland Coll, Champaign, Ill, 2004; NEO Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.

Bibliography
Rachel Wolf (author), Splash 1, 91, Splash 2, 93, Splash 4: The Splendor of Light, 96, Splash 5: Best of Watercolor, 98, Splash 7, 2002 & Splash 10, 2007, N Light Bks, Cincinnati; Elizabeth McClelland (author), The Art of Mary Lou Ferbert, Ohio Artists Now, Cleveland, 93; Katheryn Kipp (author), the Best of Flower Painting, N Light Bks, Cincinnati, 97; Adelene Flethcer (author) The Flower Painter Pocket Palette Book 2, Chartwell Bks, Inc, Edison, New Jersey, 2000; Glencoe Lit Readers Choose, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000; Nina Gihans (author), Creative Essence: Cleveland's Sense of Place, Kent State Univ Press, 2005.

Publications
Author, Nature in the City, Cleveland Mus of Nat Hist, 79 & Book of Hearts, 4-Chamber Press, 2008.

Honors and Awards
Bronze Medal of Hon, 120th Annual Exhibition, America Watercolor Soc, 87; Special Mention for Painting, 69th Annual Exhibition, May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, 88; Medal Hon, 93 & Hon member, 98, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club; Golden Achievement Award, Golden Age Ctrs of Greater Cleveland Inc, 99; Award New Jersey Watercolor Soc, 2000; Honored Guest, Cleveland Artists Found, 2005; plus others.

Memberships
America Watercolor Soc; Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Inc; Nat Association Women Artists; charter member Watercolor USA Honor Soc; Artists Archives of the Western Reserve; Nat Watercolor Soc; Transparent Watercolor Soc America.

Dealers
Bonfoey Gallery 1710 Euclid Ave Cleveland Ohio 44115.

Address
334 Parklawn Dr Cleveland Ohio 44116

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