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Martha Silsbee

Martha Silsbee (1858 - 1928) was active/lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire.  Martha Silsbee is known for Painter-figure, interior, landscape.

Martha Silsbee--1859-1928
By Rusty Bastedo, New Hampshire State Curator

Although Martha Silsbee, an American watercolor and pastel artist who lived in Dublin at the turn of the last century, is a key member of the original Dublin Art Colony, she is not as well known as others. Born in Salem, Mass., she was one of four children. Her great grandfather had been "confidential agent" to Elias Harkett Derby, the first American millionaire. Her grandfather and father were important merchants and investors in shipping.

Martha Silsbee left Salem in the early 1880s to move to Boston. She exhibited three watercolors in the Boston Art Club's 1885 annual show but did not enroll at the Museum of Fine Arts School of Drawing and Painting until 1892.  After 1890, the school was led by Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank W. Benson.  Both were trained in Paris and shared a vision of producing students who fused knowledge of traditional curriculum with their   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4531 characters.]  Artist bio

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