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self-portrait , 1910s 16 may 1958 knoxville , tennessee anna catherine wiley coal creek , tennessee 190px university of tennessee art students league of new york american painting 18 january 1879 catherine-wiley-self-portrait . jpg catherine wiley
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catherine wiley

anna catherine wiley -lrb- january 18 , 1879 -- may 16 , 1958 -rrb- was an american artist active primarily in the early twentieth century .
after training with the art students league of new york and receiving instruction from artists such as lloyd branson and frank dumond , wiley painted a series of impressionist works that won numerous awards at expositions across the southern united states , and have since been displayed in museums such as the metropolitan museum of art and the morris museum of art .
in 1926 , wiley was institutionalized after suffering a mental breakdown , and never painted again .
