Born in Skelsior, Denmark in 1844. Marius studied under various masters at the Royal Academy in Denmark before immigrating to the U.S. in 1872. After living briefly in Salt Lake City, he moved to California and lived in San Jose for a few years. In 1878 he joined his brother and his new bride at their home in Oakland. Marius commuted daily to a studio in San Francisco where he became an active member of the local art association, and participated in local and state exhibitions. He sketched in the Northwest and Alaska in 1888-89 and was active in California until 1902 when he made his final move to Tucson, AZ. There he worked as an illustrator while painting many landscapes of the surrounding area. The frontispiece from Carl Lumboltz

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; Artists of the American West (Samuels); Oakland Museum; Arizona Daily Star, 6-26-1920 (obituary).

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