Biografie von Marie Danforth PAGE (1869-1940)

Birth place: Boston, MA

Addresses: Boston

Profession: Portrait & figure painter

Studied: Helen Knowlton (privately), Boston, 1886-89; BMFA Sch. with E. Tarbell & Frank Benson, 1890-96

Exhibited: Boston AC, 1892, 1894, 1905-07; PAFA Ann., 1903-40 (35 annuals, incl. prize, 1916); Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1907-37 (12 times); AIC, 1911-32 (15 annuals); Pan-Pacific Expo, San Fran., 1915 (bronze medal); NAD, 1916 (prize), 1923 (prize), 1928 (prize); Newport AA, 1916, 1921 (prizes); Duxbury AA, 1920 (prizes); Guild of Boston Artists, 1921 (1st solo); Sesqui-Centenn. Expo, Phila., 1926 (medal); Springfield AA (prize); Grand Central Gal.,1928 (prize).

Member: ANA, 1927; Guild of Boston Artists.

Work: George Walter Vincent Smith Mus., Springfield, MA; Mt. Holyoke College; Harvard Medical Sch.; Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (Boston); Brooklyn (NY) Medical Soc.; Lib. Sch., Univ. Wisconsin; Mus. and Art Gal., Reading, PA; Erie (PA) Mus. Art; Springfield (IL) AA; Montclair (NJ) Art Mus.

Comments: Page was a popular and highly regarded portraitist, known for her portraits of children and young girls. She also frequently treated the theme of mother and child. Visited Europe after her marriage in 1896. Also known as Marie Danforth.

Sources: WW38; 300 Years of American Art, 626; Tufts, American Women Artists, 1830-1930, cat. no. 19; Falk, Exh. Record Series.