Marie Cameron

Artist Details

• First Name Marie
• Middle Name Martha J.
• Maiden Name Gélon
• Surname Cameron
• Spouse’s Full Name Edgar S. Cameron (May 26, 1862-November 5, 1944) born in Ottawa, Illinois and studied in Chicago, New York and Paris. He returned to Chicago with his French-born artist wife, Marie Gelon. As an art critic for the Chicago Tribune (1890– 1900), he participated in the World’s Columbian Exposition and interpreted new art for the public. He won the Paris Exposition Silver Medal in 1900. His works were prominently displayed at a number of shows at the Chicago Art Institute. Cameron had a wide range of interest in subject matter, including portraits, landscapes, genre and historical paintings. Some of his paintings resulted from travels to Belgium, Brittany and Paris. It is clear from the inventory of his work, that American history and landscapes were of special interest. A portion of his artistic career was spent on mural commissions. He was one of the artists who worked on The Chicago Fire cyclorama prior to the 1893 World’s Fair. A number of his murals remain intact in prominent buildings in Chicago.
• Birth Date May 14, 1872
• Birth Place Paris, France
• Death Date December 17, 1949
• Ethnicity French
• Residence(s) 1902: 5 Tree Studio Building, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1903-1914: 10 E. Ohio St., Chicago, Illinois
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
• Studio Location(s) 15 Tree Studio Building, Chicago, Illinois 1902: 5 Tree Studio Building (10 E. Ohio St.), Chicago, Illinois
• Categories Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
• Training 1884-1886: Paris, France; student of Alexandre Cabanel, Jean Paul Laurens, Moreau de Tours, and Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
  1891-1892: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History Paris Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
  
  October 20-December 6, 1896: Ninth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Jeune fille d’Etaples (Girl of Etaples)
  
  1897: Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago; Claudine [lent by Miss Claudine Dannenfeldt]
  
  March 28-April 15, 1897: Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
  
  February 1-27, 1898: Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Portrait of My Father
  
  February 28-March 19, 1899: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Mendicant; After the Bout
  
  January 31 – February 14, 1901: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Sunny Path
  
  February 4 – March 2, 1902: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Penserosa; Juliette; Autumn Evening; Le Houx
  
  February 3-?, 1903: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Hallowe'en
  
  1904: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri; Mending the Net
  
  January 30-February 25, 1906: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Gray Day, Lake Michigan
  
  October 22-December 1, 1907: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: Portrait, Margaretta
  
  February 4-March 1, 1908: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Wandering Thoughts; Across the Fields; The Beach at Saugatuck
  
  October 20-November 29, 1908: Twenty-First Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by Contemporary American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Zarna, oil
  
  December 7-26, 1909: Paintings by Edgar S. Cameron and Marie G. Cameron, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Mending the Net; Zaina; Suzette; Wandering Thoughts; Trimming the Hat; Margaretta; Portrait; Algerian Sheik; Dorothy
  
  January 4-30, 1910: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Late Afternoon; Portrait, Mrs. H.; In the Orchard; Babbling Brook
  
  Jan 31 – Feb 26, 1911: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Fancy Work;  Josephine; Mandolinist
  
  Jan. 28 – Feb. 21, 1913: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Springtime, Pont Aven, (Brittany); Le Vallou, Pont Aven,( Brittany); Tamick
  
  May 7-June 7, 1914: The Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Portrait, Mrs. G., watercolor
  
  February 3-March 1, 1914: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; The Pink Dress
  
  March 2-31, 1915: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; The Glen; Portrait
  
  Salon des Champs Elysees, Paris, France; Mending the Net
  
   
• Collections Chicago History Center, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Cook County Probate Court
  
  First Regiment Armory, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
  
  University of Notre Dame, Indiana
• Awards 1902:  Woman's National Catholic League
  
  1922: Rosenwald Prize, Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Archive(s) Edgar Spier Cameron Papers, 1868-1968 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Biography "Marie Gélon's earliest efforts were in the naturalist vein -- dark interior scenes of Brittany's working class, such as the women in Mending the Nets, exhibited at the St. Louis Universal Exposition. Back in Chicago, her palette lightened up." -- AskArt.com
  
  "One of the few portrait painters among women." -- "Chicago Women Artists and Their Studios," Chicago Daily Tribune, April 4, 1909