Lucy Madison Maverick was a daughter born to George Madison Maverick and Mary Elizabeth Vance, she was the fourth of six children. She graduated from Main Avenue High School in San Antonio, Texas; attended Smith College, and studied creative writing, and about 1910 attended the Chicago Academy of Art to study illustration. In 1914 she studied and painted in Provincetown, Massachusetts. About this time she also taught at Stelton School, Stelton, New Jersey. In the early 1920s she traveled a great deal in Mexico, where she knew Diego Rivera and other Mexican muralists. She became an expert collector of Mexican arts and crafts and participated in early archeological excavations in northern Guatemala and Mexico.
Lucy Madison Maverick was a daughter born to George Madison Maverick and Mary Elizabeth Vance, she was the fourth of six children. She graduated from Main Avenue High School in San Antonio, Texas; attended Smith College, and studied creative writing, and about 1910 attended the Chicago Academy of Art to study illustration. In 1914 she studied and painted in Provincetown, Massachusetts. About this time she also taught at Stelton School, Stelton, New Jersey. In the early 1920s she traveled a great deal in Mexico, where she knew Diego Rivera and other Mexican muralists. She became an expert collector of Mexican arts and crafts and participated in early archeological excavations in northern Guatemala and Mexico.
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