Maud Florance Gatewood (January 8, 1934 – November 8, 2004) was an American artist from Yanceyville, North Carolina. She is regarded as one of the finest painters in North Carolina history by art historians, museum directors, curators, and collectors. Biography Early life and career Maud Gatewood grew up in Yanceyville and attended Bartlett Yancey High School. When she was sixteen she enrolled at the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, which is presently the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Finishing her undergraduate coursework in 1954, Gatewood continued her art studies at Ohio State University where she received a Master of Fine Arts degree. In 1963, Gatewood won a Fulbright grant to study art in Austria under renowned painter Oskar Kokoschka. Returning to North Carolina, she began teaching art at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She later left her position at the school in 1973, desiring more time to paint. During her lifetime, Gatewood had a strong following, particularly in the southeastern United States. Her work has been exhibited in private collections and museums throughout the U.S., including the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. Gatewood won numerous awards during her artistic career, including an art award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1972 and the North Carolina Award in Fine Arts in 1984. References External links Greensboro.com The Johnson Collection Artnet Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History 20th-century American painters American women painters People from Yanceyville, North Carolina Painters from North Carolina 1934 births 2004 deaths University of North Carolina at Charlotte faculty 20th-century American women artists American women academics 21st-century American women