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
Self-portrait ca. 1911
Born(1871-12-25)December 25, 1871
Evansville, Indiana, United States
DiedDecember 21, 1911(1911-12-21) (aged 39)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting

Early life

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Baker studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago[1] where she later taught.[2]

Career

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She 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

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referenced at[8] unless otherwise noted.

References

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  1. ^ Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986, p. 40
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Jensen, Jens (9 August 2018). "The Sketch Book" – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Arcadiasystems.org. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ^ Gray, Mary Lackritz, A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, foreword by Franz Schulze, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001 pp,12-13
  6. ^ "9th Annual Exhibition : Art Students League" (PDF). Artic.edu. 1903. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Martha Susan Baker". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  8. ^ "SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System". Siris-artinventories.si.edu.