Mary Rogers (artist)

[5] She and her sister Catherine Rogers lived for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Mary studied at the School of Design and was a member of the Arts Students League.

During a trip to Europe in 1907, she also worked with Lucien Simon and Émile-René Ménard in Paris and with Frank Brangwyn in London.

[11] In 1921, a "Mary Rogers Memorial Exhibition" was held at the Waldorf Astoria New York,[12] with the support of the Society of Independent Artists.

[13] Robert Henri described Rogers as "not only an artist of ability but of importance"[2] and applauded the "spiritual" nature of her technique.

[14] She is noted as having been one of the "ablest and most faithful executives" of the Society of Independent Artists, and "one who had borne a considerable share of its work from the first days of its existence.