Martha Susan Baker (December 25, 1871 – December 21, 1911) was an American painter, muralist and teacher born in Evansville, Indiana, United States.
Martha Susan Baker | |
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 Self-portrait ca. 1911 | |
| Born | December 25, 1871 Evansville, Indiana, United States |
| Died | December 21, 1911 (aged 39) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
Early life
editBaker studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago[1] where she later taught.[2]
Career
editShe wrote and illustrated numerous articles for The Sketch Book: A magazine Devoted to the Fine Arts,[2] published in Chicago.[3]
Baker exhibited her work at the Illinois building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4]
Baker painted one in a series of eight murals, begun in 1900, that were located on the tenth floor of the Fine Arts Building, located at 410 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago.[5]
In 1903, she appeared on the “Jury of Selection” for the Annual exhibition of the Art Students League of Chicago.[6]
Baker died in Chicago in 1911.[7]
Works
edit- referenced at[8] unless otherwise noted.
The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe) , 1915.142, Cleveland Museum of Art - Dr. Martin Henry Fischer, portrait, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Mrs. Martin Henry Fischer, Cincinnati Art Museum
- Girl’s head, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- Miss Ethel Coe, portrait, Cleveland Museum of Art
- Twilight No. 2 1898, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
- Mrs. Otto Buehrmann, portrait, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois
- Elizabeth Humphrey, portrait, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
- In an Old Gown, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Carl Van Vechten, portrait, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
References
edit- ^ Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986, p. 40
- ^ a b Petteys, Chris, Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p. 37
- ^ Jensen, Jens (9 August 2018). "The Sketch Book" – via Google Books.
- ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Arcadiasystems.org. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001 pp,12-13
- ^ "9th Annual Exhibition : Art Students League" (PDF). Artic.edu. 1903. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Martha Susan Baker". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System". Siris-artinventories.si.edu.