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- Mildred Nungester Wolfe (August 23, 1912 – February 11, 2009) was a United States artist based out of Jackson, Mississippi. She was born in Celina, Ohio, but grew up in Decatur, Alabama, the daughter of a pharmacist. In 1932, she graduated from Alabama College in Montevallo. During the Great Depression, her art career was temporarily placed on hold, as she taught Latin and English in Alabama for a decade. She did make trips to study at the Chicago Art Institute and the Art Students League of New York. During a summer trip to the Kelly Fitzpatrick's Dixie Art Colony in 1937, she met her future husband, Karl Wolfe. They married in Colorado in 1944, where she was studying for a master of fine arts at Colorado College and he was working for the Air Force as a graphic artist at Lowry Field. After World War II, the Wolfes settled in Jackson, constructing Wolfe Studio and becoming regionalist artists interested in depicting Mississippi. Inspired by European Masters, Impressionists, and Post-Impressionists, she mostly painted landscapes in oil or watercolor. While Karl Wolfe was most known for his portraits, Mildred also painted several well known portraits, including one of close friend Eudora Welty that is in the National Portrait Gallery. In addition to painting, both Wolfes worked with ceramics, sculpture, and stained glass. Mildred worked in her husband's shadow for many years, first at Wolfe Studios, then at Millsaps College, where both were members of the art department. When her husband retired in 1968, she lost from her teaching position. In 1978, while Karl was included in an exhibition of Mississippi art, she was not. After Karl's death in 1984, the art community of Mississippi began appreciating Mildred for her own art, not for being Karl's wife. The Mississippi Museum of Art mounted exhibitions of her work in 1994 and 2006. In addition, the University Press of Mississippi published a monograph of Mildred's work, showing examples of her paintings and public works. Mildred Wolfe died of congestive heart failure at her Jackson home on February 11, 2009, aged 96.
- Mildred Wolfe was een Amerikaans kunstschilder. Zij groeide op in Decatur (Alabama) als dochter van een apotheker. Tijdens de Grote Depressie gaf zij les Latijn en Engels in Alabama en maakte ondertussen studiereizen naar de "School of the Art Institute of Chicago" en de Art Students League of New York. Zij studeerde verder kunst aan het "Colorado College" en werkte als grafisch kunstenaar voor de luchtmacht op de baisis van Lowry Field. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog vestigde zij zich in Jackson, bouwde er de Wolfe Studio en werd een kunstenaar die vooral Mississippi afbeeldde. Geïnspireerd door de Europese meesters, impressionisten en postimpressionisten schilderde zij hoofdzakelijk landschappen in olie- en waterverf. Vooral haar echtgenoot, Karl Wolfe, raakte bekend om zijn portretten, maar ook Mildred schilderde verschillende bekende portretten, zoals dat van haar goede vriendin Eudora Welty, dat in de National Portrait Gallery berust. Daarnaast werkten beide Wolfes ook met keramiek, beelden en gekleurd glas. Mildred Wolfe werkte vele jaren in de schaduw van haar man, maar kreeg na zijn dood in 1984 stilaan zelf ook meer erkenning.
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- Mildred Nungester Wolfe (August 23, 1912 – February 11, 2009) was a United States artist based out of Jackson, Mississippi. She was born in Celina, Ohio, but grew up in Decatur, Alabama, the daughter of a pharmacist. In 1932, she graduated from Alabama College in Montevallo. During the Great Depression, her art career was temporarily placed on hold, as she taught Latin and English in Alabama for a decade.
- Mildred Wolfe was een Amerikaans kunstschilder. Zij groeide op in Decatur (Alabama) als dochter van een apotheker. Tijdens de Grote Depressie gaf zij les Latijn en Engels in Alabama en maakte ondertussen studiereizen naar de "School of the Art Institute of Chicago" en de Art Students League of New York. Zij studeerde verder kunst aan het "Colorado College" en werkte als grafisch kunstenaar voor de luchtmacht op de baisis van Lowry Field.
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