The Tagus

Born in 1913, Mary Henry studied with Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design in Chicago.  For her, abstract art best portrays thoughts that lie deepest in our psyche.  This is art of the mind, art of the inner eye.  The world is a chaotic visual feast.  Yet as I matured, I began to perceive the geometry of all life, from its infinitesimally small parts to the structure of the universe. In my paintings I wanted clarity and order, and so I constructed them as I would a piece of architecture.  'Perfection of structure' might well be the words I work by. –Artist statement