Maud Gatewood


Maud Florance Gatewood was an American painter from Yanceyville, North Carolina. She is considered one of North Carolina's most acclaimed painters.

Biography

Life and career

Maud Gatewood grew up in Yanceyville and attended Bartlett Yancey High School.
During her lifetime, she enjoyed a considerable following, particularly in the Southeastern United States. Her work has been exhibited in private collections and museums throughout the U.S., including the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC.
In 1963, she won a Fulbright grant to study art in Austria under renowned painter Oskar Kokoschka.
Returning to North Carolina, she began teaching at the art program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Gatewood later left her position at the school in 1973, desiring more time to paint.
Gatewood won numerous awards during her artistic career, including the painting award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1972 and the North Carolina Award in Fine Arts in 1984.