Mary Abbott (artist)

Mary Abbott
Born(1921-07-27)July 27, 1921
DiedAugust 23, 2019(2019-08-23) (aged 98)
Westhampton Beach, New York, U.S.
Known forPainting
MovementAbstract Expressionism

Mary Lee Abbott (July 27, 1921 August 23, 2019) was an American artist, known as a member of the New York School of abstract expressionists in the late 1940s and 1950s. Her abstract and figurative work were also influenced by her time spent in Saint Croix and Haiti, where she lived off and on throughout the 1950s.