Eric James Bransby (October 25, 1916 – September 23, 2020) was an American artist and muralist.
Mary Ann attended the Kansas City Art Institute on a scholarship and studied silversmithing.
Two weeks before the Pearl Harbor Attack in December 1941, Mary Ann married Eric Bransby, who was a fellow student;.
Their daughter developed asthma and the family returned to Colorado Springs for a more favorable climate for Fredericka.
[10] During the Great Depression, Bransby studied under Thomas Hart Benton in Kansas City.
[5] Aside from his teachers and himself, other key muralists at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center during the New Deal era included Archie Musick, Ethel Magafan, George Biddle, and Edgar Britton.