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Mary Louise Wilson-Hickman
Mary Louise Wilson-Hickman was born in Independence MO in 1920. She began her art career with Phillip Morris Advertising and eventually went on to open her own agency in Kansas City, MO. Mary Louise became a well known fashion illustrator for Harzfelds, Macy's, and the Jones Stores in Kansas City, Speigels in Chicago and Saks Fifth Ave in New York winning many regional, national and international awards for her work. She was commanded to do portraitures in pencil and watercolor of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Oscar de la Renta. She eventually opened a childrens clothing store and illustration gallery specializing in infant and toddler portraitures in pencil, oil and acrylics Weston, MO. She continued doing her art until her passing at the age of 86.
Mary Louise always considered her paintings her children and the themes of many of her sketches and paintings reflect the innocence of childhood. Her landscapes reflect a very bold and distinctive style and her fashion illustrations are dazzeling, harkening back to a time when illustration in fashion advertising was the norm and giving us a vision of fashion styles from a by-gone era.
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