Mary H. Teasdel (November 6, 1863 - 1937) was an impressionist artist and the first female Utah native to exhibit in the Paris Salon.
[1] Teasdel's family ensured she was given a proper education (or what was considered such in her area at the time) and she was trained musically and artistically in her early life.
[4][5] Beyond her training in her native land, Teasdel went on to travel to Paris[6] and study under many great artists including William Benjamin-Constant, Jules Simon, and James Whistler.
[8] Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Antony Anderson described Teasdel's "group of little water color paintings" as "very crisp and clean in handling, full of light and air.
"[8] Some of the examples of her work included "Early Morning," "Windy Hilltop," "Purple Asters," "A Beach Town Street," "Los Angeles Garden," and "November.