Marion Louise Pooke
American artist 1883-1975
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Marion Louise Pooke (1883–1975) was an American artist known for her portrait painting.
Marion Louise Pooke | |
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| Born | 1883 Natick, Massachusetts |
| Died | 1975 (aged 91–92) Paris, France |
| Other names | Marion Pooke Duits |
| Alma mater | Smith College, Massachusetts Normal Art School, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Known for | Painting |
Pooke was born in Natick, Massachusetts in 1883.[1] She studied at Smith College, the Massachusetts Normal Art School and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[2] at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston she studied with Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson.[3]
Pooke taught art at the Abbot Academy and the Walnut Hill School from 1914 through 1923. In 2015 she exhibited at Panama–Pacific International Exposition. Her painting Silhouettes received a silver medal. She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.[3]
In 1923 she married the art dealer Bernard Duit, with whom she had one child. The couple settled in Paris.[3]
She died in 1975 in Paris, France.[2]