Angelique Marie Martin later known as Lilly Martin Spencer, painter, was born in England in 1822 as the daughter of Giles and Angelique Martin. They emigrated to the United States from France in 1830... Read full biography
Angelique Marie Martin later known as Lilly Martin Spencer, painter, was born in England in 1822 as the daughter of Giles and Angelique Martin. They emigrated to the United States from France in 1830 with their eight-year old daughter, Angelique Marie, called Lilly, and their two sons. It was their... Read full biography
Angelique Marie Martin later known as Lilly Martin Spencer, painter, was born in England in 1822 as the daughter of Giles and Angelique Martin. They emigrated to the United States from France in 1830 with their eight-year old daughter, Angelique Marie, called Lilly, and their two sons. It was their intent to form a utopian community upon settlement in the United States, a vision that never materialized. During her childhood, she was educated at home from an extensive classical library, and she... Read full biography
Angelique Marie Martin later known as Lilly Martin Spencer, painter, was born in England in 1822 as the daughter of Giles and Angelique Martin. They emigrated to the United States from France in 1830 with their eight-year old daughter, Angelique Marie, called Lilly, and their two sons. It was their intent to form a utopian community upon settlement in the United States, a vision that never materialized. During her childhood, she was educated at home from an extensive classical library, and she showed early art talent. At age seventeen, she painted charcoal murals including life-size portraits of family members throughout the home as well as scenes from their family life. This unusual home decoration brought many viewers from surrounding... Read full biography
Angelique Marie Martin later known as Lilly Martin Spencer, painter, was born in England in 1822 as the daughter of Giles and Angelique Martin. They emigrated to the United States from France in 1830 with their eight-year old daughter, Angelique Marie, called Lilly, and their two sons. It was their intent to form a utopian community upon settlement in the United States, a vision that never materialized. During her childhood, she was educated at home from an extensive classical library, and she showed early art talent. At age seventeen, she painted charcoal murals including life-size portraits of family members throughout the home as well as scenes from their family life. This unusual home decoration brought many viewers from surrounding areas. After a short stay in New York, the family moved to Marietta, Ohio, where they were known to peru... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (74)
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A Museum of Their Own: National Museum of Women in the Arts
2008
Holladay, Wilhelmina Cole
240 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Tales from the Easel: American Narrative Paintings from Southeastern Museums
2004
Eldredge and Eiland
0 pages (color)
Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999
Editor, Smith College Museum
307 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Critical Issues in American Art A Book of Readings
1998
Calo, Mary Ann
328 pages
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996
Barbara and Peter Toohil
363 pages (color)
At Beck and Call: Domestic Servants In 19th Century Painting
1996
O'Leary, Elizabeth L
305 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
American Art History and Culture
1994
Craven, Wayne
687 pages (color)
Picturing a Nation Art and Social Change in 19th Century America
1994
Lubin, David M
364 pages (color)
Picturing History: American Painting, 1770-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Ayers, William S
256 pages (color)
Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory The Civil War in Art
1993
Holzer, Harold/Mark E Neely Jr
336 pages (color)
American Iconology
1993
Miller, Davd C (editor)
344 pages
William M Harnett (exhibition several artists) (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Bolger, Doreen; Marc Simpson; John Wilmerding
333 pages (color)
Hidden Treasures American Paintings from Florida Colllections (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Leeds, Valerie Ann
72 pages (color)
American Genre Painting The Politics of Everyday Life
1991
Johns, Elizabeth
250 pages (color)
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
American Painting
1990
Goddard, Donald; Robert Rosenblum (Intro)
319 pages (color)
Art What Thou Eat Images of Food in American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Gustafson, Donna (others)
191 pages (color)
Facing History The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
McElroy, Guy C
190 pages (color)
Faces and Figures in American Drawings (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Bloch, E Maurice
99 pages
Three Hundred Years of American Painting: Montclair Art Museum Collection
1989
Kushner, Marilyn; Alejandro Anreus, et all
200 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Falk, Peter Hastings
472 pages
An American Gallery (Volume IV) (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Richard York Gallery
56 pages (color)
Women Artists An Illustrated History
1987
Heller, Nancy
224 pages (color)
National Mus of Women in the Arts
1987
National Museum of Women
253 pages (color)
An American Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Richard York Gallery
88 pages (color)
American Women Artists 1830-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Tufts, Eleanor (others)
256 pages (color)
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
Domestic Bliss Family Life in American Painting 1840-1910 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Edwards, Lee M; Jan Seidler Ramirez; Timothy Anglin Burgard
160 pages (color)
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Treasures from the National Museu of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Kloss, William/C C Eldredge
254 pages (color)
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Hudson Valley People Albany to Yonkers, 1700-1900 (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Faison, S Lane/Sally Mills
63 pages
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
Animals in American Art 1880's-1980's (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Nassau County Museum
64 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
An American Perspective: Nineteenth Century Art From the Collection of Jo Ann & Julian Ganz (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Wilmerding, John; Linda Ayres, Earl Powell
180 pages (color)
The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III
325 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources
1979
Doumato, Lamia
246 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
The Fine Arts in America
1979
Taylor, Joshua C
264 pages
Women Artists in Washington Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Withers, Josephine
144 pages (color)
Spencer Museum of Art Handbook of the Collection
1978
Spencer Museum of Art
168 pages (color)
Mirror to the American Past A Survey of American Genre Painting 1750-1900
1978
Williams, Herman Warner Jr
248 pages (color)
The American Painting Collection of the Montclair Art Museum
1977
Gamble, Kathryn (Foreward); Thomas Hoving, William Gerdts, Lloyd Goodrich
268 pages (color)
Themes in American Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Sweeney, J Gray
220 pages (color)
Women Artists 1550-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Harris, Ann S/Linda Nochlin
368 pages (color)
American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper
1976
Stebbins, Theodore E
464 pages (color)
America as Art
1976
Taylor, Joshua C
320 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
The Painters' America Rural and Urban Life 1810-1910 (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Hills, Patricia
160 pages (color)
American Narrative Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Hoopes, Donelson/Nancy Moure
192 pages (color)
The Pennsylvania Academy And Its Women (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Pennsylvania Academy
48 pages
American Self Portraits 1670-1973 (Exhibition catalog)
1974
Van Devanter, Ann, et al
245 pages (color)
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
Lilly Martin Spencer The Joys of Sentiment
1973
Taylor, Joshua C
254 pages (color)
Women Historical Survey of Works by Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1972
Hill, M Brawley
60 pages
19th Century American Painting From the Collection of Henry Melville Fuller (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Gerdts, William H
92 pages
The History of the Brooklyn Art Association with Index of Exhibitions (Exhibition catalog)
1970
Marlor, Clark S
0 pages
Women Artists of America 1707-1964 (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Gerdts, William H
32 pages
Painting and Sculpture in New Jersey
1964
Gerdts, William H
276 pages
History Of American Painting: That Wilder Image Painting of America's Native School (Vol. 111)
1962
Flexner, James Thomas
407 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
American Painting History and Interpretation
1950
Barker, Virgil
715 pages
American Processional 1492-1900 (Sesquicentenial Commission) (Exhibition catalog)
1950
U S National Capital S C
270 pages
Romantic Painting in America (Exhibition catalog)
1943
Soby, James Thrall/D C Miller
144 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index