Mary van Blarcom
SexFemale
Age±40
 
Bornabout 1913inNewark, Essex County NJ (US)
Died14 July 1953inPoint Pleasant Beach, Ocean County NJ (US)
Father 
Mother 
ObituaryMiss Mary Van Blarcom of Point Pleasant, N.J., an artist, former vice president of the National Serigraph Society and former director of Artists of Today Gallery in Newark, N.J., died Tuesday in Point Pleasant Hospital, after a long illness. Her age was 40.
Miss Van Blarcom who, in private life was Mrs. Charles Rudolf Milbauer, wife of the artist, is represented by paintings and serigraphs (silk screen prints) in the collections of the New York Public Library, Howard University, Central Michigan College of Education, United States State Department, Ball State Teachers College, Indiana, American Association of University Women, Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She won the Marion Cunningham Memorial Prize for "La Bete" in 1949, received honorable mention from the American Color Print Society for "March Wind" in 1948, and won the Barstow Award for water-color at the National Association for University Women in 1946 and the Morrow Award of the Beacon Annual in 1947.
Miss Van Blarcom exhibited her work widely. She was a member of the American Color Print Society, Associated Artists of New Jersey and Artists Equity.
She had studied at Wellesley College and with Frederick Griffin at the Muse Studio, Newark.
Surviving, besides her husband, are a son, Karl A. Milbauer; a daughter by a former marriage, Mary Ann Bradley; her mother, Mrs. Andrew Van Blarcom of Andover, N.J.; a brother, Joseph Van Blarcom of Madison, N.J.; and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Inslee of Newton, N.J. and Mrs. Percy Ballantine of Andover, N.J.

New York Times, July 17, 1953
Marriage  
with♂ Bradley
Deceased
Children Mary Ann
Marriage  
withCharles Rudolf Milbauer
Deceased
Children Karl A.

Painter, printmaker and craftsperson, Mary Van Blarcom was born in Newark, New Jersey and studied at Wellesley College. She was a member of the National Serigraph Society where she served on the board of trustees from 1945 through 1952, and was 1st vice-president from 1949-51. She was also a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the Artists Equity Association, the American Color Print Society, the New Jersey Artists Association (Director), and Artists of Today.

Van Blarcom exhibited actively throughout the 1940's at many important art organizations including: Montclair Art Museum, 1941-45 and 1947-51 (prize, 1948); Society of Independent Artists, 1942-44; Artists of Today, 1942-46; Elisabeth Ney Museum, 1943; Northwest Printmakers, 1944, 1946-49; Laguna Beach Art Association, 1945-47, 1949; National Association of Women Artists, 1945-50, (prize, 1946); Library of Congress, 1946-47; Museum of Modern Art travelling exhibition, 1945-47; Carnegie Institute, 1947; Serigraph Gallery, 1946, 1951 (solo); American Color Print Society, 1947-52; Newark Museum, 1947-48, 1951; California State Library, 1947, 1949; National Serigraph Society, 1949 (prize), 1950 (prize); University of Chile, 1950; New Jersey State Museum, 1950; Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1951; and the Main Gallery, NY, 1952.

Van Blarcom's work is in the collections of the Newark Public Library, the U.S. Government; the American Association of University Women; New York Public Library; Tel-Aviv Museum, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Princeton Print Club, Howard University and the U.S. State Department.

Mary Van Blarcom died of cancer at the early age of 40, in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey.

Corsage
Corsage, c.1944, Color Serigraph.		 The moon is like a lemon
The Moon Is Like a Lemon, c.1945, Color Serigraph.		 Toros
Toros, c.1945, Color Serigraph.
Under the cross
Under the Cross, c.1945, Color Serigraph.		 Man of Cyrene
Man of Cyrene, c.1945, Color Serigraph.		 Surgent spring
Surgent Spring, c.1945, Color Serigraph.
flower abstraction
Flower Abstraction, c.1945, Color Serigraph.		 Lilies
Lilies, c.1945, Color Serigraph.		 Gardenias
Gardenias, c.1945, Color Serigraph.
Crown of roses
Crown of Roses, c.1945, Color Serigraph.		 China spring
China Spring, c.1945, Color Serigraph.		 Flower out of darkness
Flower Out of Darkness, c.1945, Color Serigraph.


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