Maud Gatewood
"Night At The Lake" By Maud Gatewood
1969

About the Item

Maud Florance Gatewood (1934-2004) American. Fine example of her work, "Night at the Lake" is polymer on cut board, having the artist original identification card from the 20th Irene Leache MemorialBiennial Exhibition, 1970. Signed and dated lower Right MFG 69. Gatewood was arguably the most important living North Carolina painter and considered by art historians, curators, museum directors and collectors as one of the most important painters in North Carolina history. Maud Gatewood's artwork is familiar to museum-goers throughout the South. She has been a prominent figure throughout the southeastern United States during her 55-year career. An astute student, her interest in art began as a youngster in her hometown of Yanceyville, NC, studying then in 1945 at Averett College in nearby Danville, VA. At the age of 16, after having skipped two grades of school, she entered what is now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received her B.A. in fine arts in 1954. One year later, she received her M.A. in painting from Ohio State University. She continued her education as an instructor beginning in 1956 at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, AL, and then at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. She then received a Fullbright Grant to study art history and painting at the Akademie Fur Angewandte Kunst and an extended Fullbright to study with Oskar Kokoschka in Salzburg, Austria. Her educational years were interspersed with traveling the world, that was the beginning of a life-long penchant, even at her death she was planning her next trip. In 1964, she returned to the U.S. where she joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and served as founding head of the university art department. She then went on to teach at Central Piedmont Community College before returning to her home, Caswell County, where she was a professor for many years at Averett University. During her academic career, she also served as a visiting professor and artist at the University of Cincinnati, Davidson College, and the State University of New York, Oswego. Ms. Gatewood was honored by her alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts in 1999. On her life's path of discovery in painting, Ms. Gatewood was awarded the North Carolina Federation of Women's Club Scholarship in 1953; a painting award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1972; the North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship in 1980; the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art NEAA Grant 1981; the prestigious North Carolina Award in Fine Arts (Governor's Award) in 1984; the North Carolina Poster Award Commission for the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1987 and in 1993 she represented North Carolina in the Absolute statehood campaign featured in USA Today and Newsweek. She exhibited widely in the Southeastern United States and was honored with a retrospective exhibition covering 40 years of painting, organized by the Weatherspoon Gallery of Art at UNC-G in Greensboro, NC. The exhibition toured from 1994-95 in what is now the Cameron Museum of Art in Wilmington, NC as well as the Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, NC; Albany Museum of Art in Albany, GA and the Gallery of Art and Design at NC State University in Raleigh, NC. She represented the State of North Carolina in the exhibition Nine from North Carolina the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC in 1989. She was also featured in the 1988 Biannual at the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC; the Southern Arts Federation exhibition tour, Three Approaches to the Figurative, 1986; a drawing exhibition at the Knight Gallery at Spirit Square in Charlotte in 1989; an exhibition at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, SC in 1984 featuring Ten Years - Ten Artists; Greenhill Center for North Carolina Arts in Greensboro, NC in 1984; Painting in the South the Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA 1983-85 and a touring exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art in 1983. One of North Carolina's most collected and sought after artists, Maud Gatewood's public collections include BB&T, Charlotte, NC; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Baltimore, MD; Burroughs-Wellcome Fund, RTP, NC; Coca-Cola, Atlanta, GA; Nasher Art Museum at Duke University, Durham, NC; Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC; First Union Bank, Charlotte, NC; Smith-Kline Glaxo, RTP, NC; Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN; IBM Corporation, Charlotte, NC; Miller Brewing Company, Eden, NC; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC; National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC; National Gallery for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; Nations Bank, N.A., Charlotte, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, NC; Philip Morris Company, New York, NY; RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC; Sprint, Wake Forest, NC; Kenan-Flagler School of Business, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC; Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, FL and Central Carolina Bank, Durham, NC. She was represented by various commercial galleries throughout her career. She was previously associated most often with the former David Heath Gallery in Atlanta, GA; the Willard Gallery and the Fischbach Gallery in New York City as well as the McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery and Henri Gallery in Washington, DC in past years. For the last 25 years, Ms. Gatewood has been represented exclusively by the Hodges Taylor Gallery in Charlotte, NC and the Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC. A recent documentary film, Gatewood: Facing the White Canvas, recently been completed by the Academy Award winning film company Empowerment Project and premiered at the North Carolina Museum of Art last month. In the area of public service, Ms. Gatewood was elected in 1976 as the first female member of the Caswell County Board of Commissioners and served as chairperson until 1980. During her tenure, she was an advocate for economic development, land use planning and expanded human resource services for the county. She also served on numerous state, local and national boards and commissions, including the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, Piedmont Triad Council of Governments and North Carolina Arts Council. Courtesy, Rick Frederick, Archivist and Webmaster, Caswell County Historical Association

Creator:

Maud Gatewood (1934 - 2004, American)

Creation Year:

1969

Dimensions:

Height: 42.5 in (107.95 cm)Width: 48.5 in (123.19 cm)

Medium:

Board,Polymer

Period:

Late 20th Century

Condition:

Beautiful estate condition.