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Color portrait photograph from 1946 of a woman with a light skin tone, standing in front of a yellow abstract painting resting on an easel.

Alice Trumbull Mason

1904-1971

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Portrait of a 67 year-old woman with a light skin tone wearing a yellow sweater over a turquoise turtleneck. She is standing infront of two abstract paintings composed of green and blue gestures.

Emily Mason

1932-2019

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The Foundation

The Emily Mason and Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation, formed in 2020, stewards the artistic legacy of Emily Mason alongside that of her mother, Alice Trumbull Mason, while embarking on a philanthropy program dedicated to advancing opportunities for traditionally underrepresented artists.

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An abstract oil painting consisting of biomorphic, brown forms and organic, cured black lines.Apr 2025

On view now: catch the work of Alice Trumbull Mason in the exhibition “Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art…

Two small black-and-white images from the mid- 1940s next to each other of a light-skinned woman with glasses in front of an abstract painting. In the first, her profile is in view, and in the second, she is looking directly at the camera.Mar 2025

Trailblazing Women in American Abstraction: In closing out Women’s History Month, we’re taking a look at Trumbull Mason’s invaluable contributions to early abstraction in the United States.

A photograph of a studio room with a table in front of two bookshelves and hanging pictures. To the right, there are two large windows.Feb 2025

From the Archives: Emily Mason’s Winter