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| birth_date       =  April 18, 1890
| birth_place      =  [[Salem, Massachusetts]], US
| death_date       =  {{Death date and age|df=yes|1951|05|18|1890|04|18}}
| death_place      = [[Brookline, Massachusetts]]
| resting_place    = [[Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts)|Sleepy Hollow Cemetery]] (Concord, Mass.)
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| nationality      =  American
| education        =  [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts|School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]
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* [[Stained glass]]
* Children's book illustration
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| notable_works    = ''[[The Wonderful Adventures of Nils]]''
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'''Mary Hamilton Frye''' (April 18, 1890 – May 18, 1951) was an American stained glass artist and children's book illustrator.
==Biography==
[[File:St. Andrew's Anglican Church, La Tuque Quebec by MH Frye.jpg|thumb|left|St. Andrew's Church, La Tuque Quebec, 1922]]
Mary Hamilton Frye was born in [[Salem, Massachusetts]] on April 18, 1890. Her parents were Nathan Frye and  Alice H. Chase. Her family later moved  to [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] around 1896 and lived at 10 Acacia Street in Cambridge.<ref name="Cambridge City">{{cite web |last1=Hein |first1=Robin |title=Mary Hamilton Frye: Artist |url=http://www2.cambridgema.gov/Historic/CWHP/bios_f.html#FryeMH |website=Cambridge City website: Cambridge Women's Heritage Project|accessdate=8 August 2018}}</ref>
Frye was educated at the [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts|School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]. She initially became a children's book illustrator, illustrating many works including the ''Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' by Swedish author [[Selma Lagerlöf]].<ref name="Cambridge City" /><ref name="Cormack book" />
Over time, Frye became interested in working in stained glass. She took classes from prominent stained glass artist, [[Charles Jay Connick|Charles Connick]] at his Harcourt Street Studio in [[Boston]]. [[Charles Jay Connick|Connick]] arranged for  Frye to  study in [[London]] with famed [[stained glass]] artist, [[Christopher Whall]]. She completed a seven month apprenticeship with Whall's studio.<ref name="Cambridge City" /><ref name="Cormack book" />
[[File:La Tuque, QC, Canada - panoramio (6).jpg|alt=1921 Stained Glass created by Mary Hamilton Frye At La Tuque Québec|thumb|377x377px|Stained Glass from Mary Hamilton Frye At La Tuque Québec]]
When Frye returned to [[Boston]], She opened her own stained glass studio on Church Street in Cambridge in 1920. In 1922, she created a three-light window for [[:fr:Église Saint-Andrew de La Tuque|St. Andrew's Anglican Church at La Tuque, Quebec, Canada]] that shows the influence of [[Whall]]'s mentorship.
<ref name="Cormack book">{{cite book |last1=Cormack |first1=Peter |title=Arts & Crafts Stained Glass |date=2015 |publisher=Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art |isbn=978-0300209709 |pages=222}}</ref> In [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], she designed windows at Bertram and Eliot halls in the [[Radcliffe Quadrangle (Harvard)|Radcliffe Quadrangle]].<ref name="Cambridge City" />
She exhibited her work with the Cambridge Art League and [[The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston]].<ref name="Cambridge City" />
In 1949, Frye moved to [[Concord, Massachusetts]] and worked as an artist at the [[Boston Museum of Science]]. Frye died of breast cancer at the age of 61 on May 18, 1951, and is buried in [[Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts)|Sleepy Hollow Cemetery]] in Concord.<ref name="Cambridge City" />
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{LCAuth|no2002113036|Mary Hamilton Frye|2|}}
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[[Category:1890 births]]
[[Category:1951 deaths]]
[[Category:American stained glass artists and manufacturers]]
[[Category:20th-century American illustrators]]
[[Category:20th-century American women artists]]
[[Category:Artists from Salem, Massachusetts]]