biography of Marion Louise POOKE-DUITS (1883-1975)

Birth place: Natick, MA.

Death place: Paris, France

Addresses: Natick, Boston, MA; Paris, France, 1923 and after

Profession: Painter, illustrator, teacher

Studied: Smith Col.; Mass. Normal Art Sch., Boston; BMFA Sch. with Frank W. Benson and Edmund Tarbell; DeCamp; Charles Woodbury, Ogunquit Sch.

Exhibited: AIC, 1913-16; PAFA Ann., 1913, 1918, 1921-23; Abbot Acad., Andover, MA, 1914 (with Gertrude Fiske and Beatrice Whitney Van Ness); Corcoran Gal biennial, 1914; NAD, 1915 (solo); Pan.-Pac. Expo, San Fran., 1915 (med.); CAFA, 1917 (prize); NAWA, 1921 (prize); Fenway Studios, Boston, 1922 (solo); Charles H. Woodbury and His Students," Ogunquit Mus. of Am. Art, 1998"

Member: CAFA.

Work: Walnut Hill Sch.; Danforth Mus., Framingham, MA

Comments: Teaching: Abbot Acad., Andover, MA; Walnut Hill Sch. (Natick, MA, 1915-23). She painted at Fenwick Studios, 1918-20, and 1922-24.

Sources: WW31; Vose Galleries, Mary Bradish Titcomb and Her Contemporaries, 48-49; Charles Woodbury and His Students; Falk, Exh. Record Series.