Edith Mahier

Edith Mahier
Newcomb College, Tulane University, Senior portrait, 1916
Born	Edith Albina Mahier (1892-12-14)December 14, 1892 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Died	December 2, 1967(1967-12-02) (aged 74) Natchez, Mississippi
Nationality	American
Occupation	artist and art instructor
Known for	coaching the Kiowa Six
Notable work	Roman Nose Canyon (1941), Watonga, Oklahoma

Edith Mahier (1892-1967) was an American artist and art instructor who was instrumental in helping develop the talent of the Kiowa Six during their studies at the University of Oklahoma. In 1941, she won the commission to complete the post office mural for the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts at the Watonga, Oklahoma facility. In her later career at OU she created a division of the arts department dedicated to fashion and even designed motifs for a clothing line developed by Neiman Marcus.

Edith Albina Mahier was born on December 14, 1892 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Henry and Maud B. Mahier. She came from an artistic family. Her sister Frances would later serve as the curator of the Louisiana Art Museum in Baton Rouge and design clothing. Her brother, John would run a pottery factory in their home town called Forest Studios. Mahier attended Sophie Newcomb College, the women's college affiliate of Tulane University, studying under Ellsworth Woodward and graduating 1916. Following her graduation, she worked as an illustrator at the New Orleans Item. In 1917, Mahier was hired as an art teacher at the University of Oklahoma (OU) for the salary of $80 per month. In 1919, when Tulane created the Bachelor of Design degree, Mahier and other prior students whose work was of special merit were retroactively awarded the degree. She later studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts under George Bridgman.