Malone was born in
Bostwick, Georgia on November 16, 1877. She was raised in Columbia, South Carolina She attended
Converse College and then moved to New York City to study art, first at the
New York School of Applied Design for Women, then at the
New York School of Art. There she was taught by
William Merritt Chase and
John Henry Twachtman. She also studied with
Robert Frederick Blum. Malone spent time at the
Cos Cob art colony where she continued to study with Twachtman. Her papers are in the
University of South Carolina. Her work was included in the 2016 exhibition
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection at the
Morris Museum of Art. In 2020 her work was included in the traveling exhibition
Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection. In 2022 her work was included in the exhibition
In the Shadow of Monet: Giverny and American Impressionism at the
Columbia Museum of Art. == References ==