Bidspirit auction | Marion Huse (1896 - 1967)

Marion Huse (1896 - 1967) American - Marion (Barstow) Huse (1896 - 1967) Oil on canvas depicting boats in Gloucester harbor, signed lower right, measures 18 x 21.5 and 22 x 25 inches with gold colored frame. A printmaker, painter, and commercial artist, Marion Huse created work that ranged from realism to abstraction and included portraits, figure subjects, landscapes, and floral still lifes. She traveled widely throughout New England, New York, Quebec, Europe, and the Western United States. She was also an innovative serigrapher, and her serigraphs and monographs were exhibited widely including a major exhibition at the Brockton Art Museum (now Fuller Craft Museum) in Massachusetts in 1985. The Museum owns a large collection of work by the artist.Huse was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and studied in Boston from 1915 to 1919 at the New School of Design, and from 1919 to 1921 at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. She also studied plein-air painting during the 1920s in Provincetown with Charles Hawthorne at the Cape Cod School of Art. Condition: The absence of a condition report does not imply an object is free of defects. All items may have normal signs of age and wear commensurate with their age; these issues will likely not be mentioned in the condition report. Please contact the auction house before the auction with any condition questions. Questions about condition will not be answered after purchase. Condition reports are provided as a courtesy, and we are not responsible for any errors or omissions. Important note on frames: Frames are not guaranteed to be in the same condition as they are in the item photograph. Due to handling and shipping, many frames, especially antique ones, are prone to losses. If you have questions about the condition of a frame, please contact us prior to the auction.