Mary Bradish Titcomb began her career giving drawing lessons at public schools in Boston, Ma. In 1888 Titcomb decided to step down from her position as director of drawing and set off to begin furthering her artistic education under impressionist Edmund C Tarbell, and Frank W. Benson. She also studied with Phillip Hale at the Boston Museum School. In 1895, Titcomb decided to go over seas to Paris in order to study with Jules Lefebvre. The same year, Titcomb made a decision to begin signing her art as “M. Bradish Titcomb”. This was to try and avoid discrimination as a female artist which was prevalent in her time. In 1915, President Woodrow Wilson began publicly praising Titcomb’s work after purchasing one of her pieces from Corcoran Art Gallery. His praise, gave the artist significant recognition and success. By approximately 1917, she joined “The Group”, which was comprised of other female painters. This marked the evolution of her painting style from a traditional impressionist to a one that incorporated methods of modernism.