The "mystery" mentioned in the title asks why this respected painter stopped painting at age 36 after her beloved father's death. Ms Peart was born in Columbia , PA,but spent most of her life in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. She ended up living the last 30 yrs of her life in a rented room next to the Susquehanna river in WashingtonBoro,PA. She bequeathed many of her paintings and a sum of money to Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster. In return for this, the college was to maintain her family's cemetery in Washington Boro.
"This is a purely biographical dictionary, arranged alphabetically by artist. The aim has been to give for every artist as much as possible of the following information : full name , dates and places of birth, media and subject matter of their work ,chronology of residences and exhibitions , pupils , and in some instances locations and reproductions of representative works."
