Kathleen McEnery

Kathleen McEnery Cunningham (1888–1971) was an American painter.

McEnery was born in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at a Belgian convent for one year in the past returning to New York to chemical analysis at the Pratt Institute. She then studied under Robert Henri, traveling past his class to Spain in 1906–8 and later continuing her studies for two more years in Paris.

McEnery opened her own studio in New York, where she painted many portraits and still-lives, following the assistant professor of Modernism. Her perform was shown to the side of that of Stuart Davis, Robert Henri, George Bellows, and Edward Hopper. She exhibited two nudes in the Armory Show in 1913.

After she married Frank Cunningham and moved to Rochester, New York, she continued to paint and exhibit below her maiden name. Her affect was shown in the MacDowell Club as well as a suffrage be active in 1915, a Society of Independent Artists bill in 1920 and 1922, and other exhibitions at the Ferargil Galleries.

McEnery was an influential artist in Rochester. She was a supporter of the board of the Memorial Art Gallery, where she as well as taught classes for many years.