Marjorie Organ
Marjorie Organ Henri (December 3, 1886 – 1930) American illustrator, cartoonist and caricaturist born in New York City[1] (or possibly Ireland[2][3])
Organ briefly attended Hunter College before dropping out at age 17 to study with illustrator Don McCarthy [4] and then work as a cartoonist in William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal. There she authored several comic strips, the longest running being Reggie and the Heavenly Twins. Organ also published two strips The Man Hater Club and Strange What a Difference a Mere Man Makes [5] in the New York World. Sometime around 1908 she began attending lectures by Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. Shortly thereafter, in 1908 Organ married painter Henri. Although she continued to produce drawings and paintings after that she was more frequently the model for Henri and spent much of her life orchestrating their social life.[6]
Portraits of Marjorie Organ Henri by Robert Henri
- O in Black with Scarf, (1910), Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Portrait of Mrs. Henri, (1914), San Diego Museum of Art
- The Beach Hat, (1914), Detroit Institute of Art
- Marjorie Organ Henri or O, Reclining Figure, Estate of Robert Henri[7]
Henri also painted at least two portraits of Marjorie Organ's sister, Violet Organ.[8]
- Viv (Miss Violet Organ), oil painting, 1919, private collection[9]
- Violet Organ, watercolor, (1921) private collection[10]
Armory Show of 1913
Organ was one of the artists who exhibited at this landmark show. Although she was already married to Henri she showed as Marjorie Organ. The show included several of her drawings listed as Drawings Nos. 1-6 ($50 each).[11]
Robert Henri died of cancer in 1929 and she followed him a year later, also of cancer.
References
- ↑ Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, ‘’American Women Artists: from Early Indian Times to the Present’’, Avon Publishers 1982 p. 168
- ↑ "Google Image Result for http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Tkt_A2r1p6I/TP212kDpovI/AAAAAAAAGcQ/ee4F-XUeYr4/s1600/Little+Reggie+And+The+Heavenly+Twins.png". google.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "L. Kent Wolgamott: Area museums to open major shows in February". JournalStar.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ Petteys, Chris, ‘’Dictionary of Women Artists’’, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985
- ↑ Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
- ↑ Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, ‘’American Women Artists: from Early Indian Times to the Present’’, Avon Publishers 1982 p, 168
- ↑ "Marjorie Organ Henri, (painting).". si.edu. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ Archives of American Art. "Summary of the Robert Henri diary, 1870-1954 - Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". si.edu. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "Viv (Miss Violet Organ), (painting).". si.edu. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ "Violet Organ, (painting).". si.edu. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ Brown, Milton W., ‘’The Story of the Armory Show’’, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963, p. 273
