Athabasca River
Date1946
MediumBody color, watercolor and pencil on paper
DimensionsSight: 19 1/2 × 14 3/8 inches (49.5 × 36.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist.
Object number1947.3
Copyright© M. Lane Morrison.
The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextMary Comer Lane’s interest in drawing and painting began in early childhood when she received her first lessons from local artist Emma Wilkins. As a young woman, she attended boarding school in Massachusetts and later enrolled at Smith College, neither or which offered art instruction. After her marriage to Mills B. Lane in 1906 she was deeply immersed in family and children, although she did find time to study art at Henry Bayley Snell’s summer classes at Gloucester, Massachusetts. In 1920 she was instrumental in the founding of the Savannah Art Club, which brought in visiting painters to the city to teach. Among these were Eliot Clark, William Chadwick, and Hilda Belcher. Lane exhibited her work with the Savannah Art Club and also with the Association of Georgia Artists, actively participating in the art scene of Savannah until her death in 1966.
