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Marie Goth

Birth: 8-15-1887, Indianapolis, IN.
Death:1-9-1975, Nashville,IN.
Married: Never
Known For: Portraits and Still Life

Birth: 8-15-1887, Indianapolis, IN.
Death:1-9-1975, Nashville,IN.
Married: Never
Known For: Portraits and Still Life

Associations: National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, Hoosier Salon Patrons Association, Indiana Artists Club Charter member of the Brown County Art gallery Association and the Brown County Art Guild

Awards: 1909 Art Students League

Facts
Studied at John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, IN. and at the Student Art League in New York City
Studied under William Merritt Chase, Frank V Dumond, William Merritt Chase, Robert Aiken, F Luis Mora
Moved to Nashville Indiana in 1923
A talented portrait painter who became the first woman to paint a portrait of the Indiana Governor
Mari and V. J Cariani were lifelong friends
V. J had a cabin next to Marie
Active in the Brown County Art Gallery from 1926 to 1924
Active in the Brown County Art Guild from 1954 to 1975
Lived below her means and was somewhat eccentric
Marie Goth's permanent collection housed at the Brown County Art Guild in Nashville, Indiana

Sources:
1. M. Joanne Nesbit and Barbara Judd - Those Brown County Artists - "The Ones Who Came, the Ones Who Stayed, The Ones Who Moved On 1900 - 1950" - Nanna's Books 1993
2. Lyn Letsinger-Miller - The Artists of Brown County - Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis 1994

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