Bidspirit auction | Martha Moore Burnett: Violinista Girl

Martha Moore Burnett: Violinista Girl - Martha Moore Burnett (American, 1913 - 1982): Violinista Girl. Pastel on paper, signed lower left, professionally framed and matted. Martha Moore Burnett was an illustrator at Independent Woman Magazine, the official publication of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. She created illustrations for Saucy Detective Adventures under the pen name ”Barney Moore.” Illustrations by ”Martha Moore” also appeared in Good Housekeeping and Collier's Magazine. In 1934 she studied at the Art Students League in New York. One of her classmates was Louis Anthony Burnett (1903-1999), with whom she fell in love, The two artists remained together for the rest of her life. In 1974 Louis Burnett and Martha (Moore) Burnett moved to Rockport, Massachusetts, a coastal vacation town on Cape Ann that had a vibrant artistic community, where they opened an art gallery, taught art classes, and painted portrait commissions.