Mary Agnes Yerkes

Place: Oak Park

Born: 1886

Death: 1989

Biography:

Mary Agnes Yerkes, (/ˈjɜːrkiːz/ YUR-keez August 9, 1886 – November 8, 1989), was an American Impressionist painter, photographer and artisan. She was skilled in the media of oil, pastel and watercolor. Her professional career was cut short by the Great Depression, but she still continued to paint well into her nineties with a passion for her craft ...