Mary Ellen Suitt Art for Sale and Sold Prices

b. 1918 - d. 2013

Mary Ellen Suitt (South Carolina, 1918 - 2013) Miss Suitt was born June 27, 1918, in Greenville, SC to Benjamin Green Suitt and Mary Warwick Suitt. The family moved to Spartanburg in 1920 and she lived in Spartanburg the rest of her life. She graduated from Spartanburg High School and Stratford Junior College in Danville, VA. She then graduated from Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida.She worked as a cartographer for the U. S. Soil Conservation Service in Spartanburg for 31 years. During World War II she drew maps for the U. S. Army Map Service. The detailed maps of Europe and Japan that she helped to produce were crucial to the U. S. and allied troop efforts.Mary Ellen had a lifelong love of art and was a prolific painter for most of her life. She was a founding member and former president of the Artists' Guild of Spartanburg. She was a member with excellence of the South Carolina Water Color Society. Her work was juried into numerous exhibits in Spartanburg and across the state for many years. The art gallery at Spartanburg Methodist College was named in her honor in 2007. A retrospective show of her life's work is currently hanging at the Chapman Cultural Center. She traveled throughout the world and studied with well-known artists across the United States.