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Marion Gilmore

{{Short description|American painter}}

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| name = Marion Gilmore

| image = Marion_Gilmore.jpg

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| birth_name = Marian Jordan Gilmore

| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|05|07}}

| birth_place = Ottumwa, Iowa

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|06|10|1909|05|07}}

| death_place = Ottumwa, Iowa

| nationality = American

| other_names = Marion Jordan Gilmore, Marion Gilmore Hulse, Mion Hulse

| occupation = artist

| years_active = 1930s-1960s

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Marion Gilmore also Marian Gilmore and Mion Hulse was an American muralist and painter from Iowa. She was also an accomplished cellist. In the 1930s, she won two federal commissions to complete post office murals for the Public Works Art Project of the Treasury Department. Her work is representative of the Ashcan school and Social Realism art movements of American art.

Early life

Marian Jordan Gilmore was born on May 7, 1909, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Ethel (née Jordan) and Merrill C. Gilmore.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Courier|1984|p=10}} She grew up in Ottumwa, where her father was a prominent attorney.{{sfn|Iowa State Bar Association|1961|p=33}} Gilmore was an accomplished cellist and throughout her life played in concerts and trios around Ottumwa,{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1936|p=10}}{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1940|p=8}} as well as playing in the Parsons College Symphony Orchestra{{sfn|The Fairfield Daily Ledger|1933|p=3}} and the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra.{{sfn|Raine|2003}} She studied cello in Des Moines at Drake University and also later in New York.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Courier|1980|p=3}} After completing high school, Gilmore attended the University of Kentucky in 1927,{{sfn|The Kentucky Kernel|1927|p=3}} studying art under Carol Sax.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|May 31, 1939|p=3}} She then studied at the School of Fine Arts and Crafts in Boston and the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|October 25, 1939|p=5}} Gilmore moved to New York City and studied simultaneously at the Phoenix Art Institute under Franklin Booth and Norman Rockwell and at the Art Students League of New York.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|May 31, 1939|p=3}} In 1932, she studied during the summer at the Stone City Art Colony{{sfn|Raine|2003}} under Grant Wood.{{sfn|Toopes|2011}} In 1937, Gilmore studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and subsequently enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago.{{sfn|Raine|2003}}

Career

In 1938, Gilmore produced a work, featuring Chief Wapello, to commemorate Air-mail Week for the Ottumwa post office. The cachet was used on all mail sent from the Ottumwa post office during the 20th anniversary of the launch of air mail service in the U.S.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1938|p=4}}{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|April 30, 1938|p=13}} In 1939, Gilmore was teaching art to children at the Ottumwa Community Art Center with Robert Hulse,{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|December 12, 1939 |p=3}} whom she later married in 1943.{{sfn|The Tucson Daily Citizen|1943|p=7}} She won the commission to produce a mural for the town of Corning, Iowa{{sfn|Raine|2003}} in 1939. The painting was featured in Life{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|December 1, 1939 |p=17}} as part of an article on 48 murals to be produced for each of the contiguous U.S. States. Gilmore's mural featured a scene she had sketched at a band concert in Hedrick, Iowa.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|October 25, 1939|p=5}} Though she won the competition for Band Concert with a cannon and an obelisk included in the sketch, residents of Corning complained that the design did not accurately reflect their town. Gilmore was forced to alter her mural to remove the cannon and obelisk, though she did add decorative landscaping, rather than the buildings which could actually be seen behind the bandstand.{{sfn|Raynor|1997}}{{sfn|Kammen|2006|pp=122-123}}

In 1941, Gilmore won the competition to complete the post office mural in Corydon, Iowa.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Courier|1961|p=3}} The mural, Volunteer Fire Department, was completed in 1942 and features a 1928 Continental fire engine, which was the truck used by the town's fire department. While the original mural remains in the post office, a replica of the mural and the original truck are part of an exhibit found in the Prairie Trails Museum of Wayne County.{{sfn|Post Mark Collectors Club|2004}}{{sfn|Prairie Trails Museum|2011}}{{sfn|Selby|2016}}

After her marriage, Gilmore began using the professional gender-neutral name Mion Hulse.{{sfn|Raine|2003}} In 1943, her husband, Robert, worked on an exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the following year was hired as an instructor at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.{{sfn|Artprice|2016}}{{sfn|The Bulletin of the University of Minnesota|1944|p=112}} The couple lived there before moving to Long Island, New York, in 1952.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1947|p=9}}{{sfn|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1952|p=7}} Gilmore worked in painting, sculpting, illustration, and design. Her paintings fall into the Ashcan and Social Realism schools and often depict their images in a humorous way. Her work was widely exhibited and included in collections and galleries. Some of the best representations of her work include "Children in Washington Park", "Fischer's Tavern", "Ham & Eggs - 45¢" and "Yard Sale", all of which were included in a posthumous exhibit hosted by the Seiderman Gallery in Lynbrook, New York, in 1995.{{sfn|Leonard S. Davenport Gallery|2003}}

Gilmore died on June 10, 1984, in Ottumwa.{{sfn|The Ottumwa Courier|1984|p=10}}

References

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  • {{cite book|author=Iowa State Bar Association|title=Proceedings of the 1st- Annual Session of the Iowa State Bar Association|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpIDAQAAIAAJ|year=1961|publisher=The Association|location=Des Moines, Iowa}}
  • {{cite book|last=Kammen|first=Michael |title=Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9bwa-SaA4kC&pg=PA122|year=2006|publisher=Vintage Books|location=New York, New York|isbn=978-0-307-54877-1}}
  • {{cite web|last1=Raine|first1=Kristy|title=The Stone City Art Colony and School 1932-1933: Marion Gilmore Hulse|url=http://projects.mtmercy.edu/stonecity/artists/gilmore.html|website=Mount Mercy University|publisher=Busse Library|access-date=27 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522171315/http://projects.mtmercy.edu/stonecity/artists/gilmore.html|archive-date=May 22, 2016|location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa|date=October 2003}}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Raynor|first1=Patricia|title=Off the Wall: New Deal Post Office Murals|journal=EnRoute: The National Postal Museum Membership Newsletter|date=October–December 1997|volume=6|issue=4|url=http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/resources/6a2q_postalmurals.html|access-date=27 July 2016|publisher=The Smithsonian Institution|location=Washington, D.C.}}
  • {{cite news|last1=Selby|first1=Jason W.|title=Locals recall CCC legacy by pointing to Corydon Lake Park|url=http://www.corydontimes.com/article_2092.shtml#.V5obCzU2UVI|access-date=28 July 2016|publisher=Corydon Times-Republican|date=May 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728150204/http://www.corydontimes.com/article_2092.shtml#.V5oeczU2UVI|archive-date=July 28, 2016|location=Corydon, Iowa}}
  • {{cite news|last1=Toopes|first1=Cindy|title=Browsing Around: A colorful path to becoming a painter|url=http://www.ottumwacourier.com/opinion/browsing-around-a-colorful-path-to-becoming-a-painter/article_77dd5433-4a86-5ec4-bdaa-8e5985e8a73f.html|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Courier|date=January 31, 2011|location=Ottumwa, Iowa}}
  • {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Prairie Trails Museum|2011}} |title=20th Century Gallery |url=http://www.prairietrailsmuseum.org/index.php?cmd=20thcentury |website=Prairie Trails Museum |publisher=Prairie Trails Museum of Wayne County, IA |access-date=28 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623222411/http://prairietrailsmuseum.org/index.php?cmd=20thcentury |archive-date=23 June 2016 |location=Corydon, Iowa |date=2011 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1940}}|author=|title=April Activities Remain Varied; Ottumwans Home from West, Visitors Here|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62723/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=April 3, 1940 |location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|May 31, 1939}}|author=|title=Foto Facts|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62682/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=May 31, 1939|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|December 12, 1939}}|author=|title=Foto Facts|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62698/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=December 12, 1939|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Kentucky Kernel|1927}}|author=|title=Fraternity Row|url=https://archive.org/stream/xt7s4m91925m#page/n2/mode/1up|access-date=28 July 2016|newspaper=The Kentucky Kernel|date=February 18, 1927|location=Lexington, Kentucky}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1952}}|author=|title=Leaves for East|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62962/|access-date=28 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=March 6, 1952|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Courier|1984}}|author=|title=Marian Gilmore|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62646/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Courier|date=June 13, 1984|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Leonard S. Davenport Gallery|2003}} |title=Marion (Mion) Jordan Gilmore (Hulse)- 1909-1960 |url=http://www.lsdart.com/assets/Artist/GilmoreHulse_Marion_c.pdf |website=LDS Art |publisher=Leonard S. Davenport Art Gallery |access-date=28 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728183524/http://www.lsdart.com/assets/Artist/GilmoreHulse_Marion_c.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2016 |location=Bridgehampton, New York |date=2003 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Tucson Daily Citizen|1943}}|author=|title=Marriage licenses|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5346413/marriage_licenses_tucson_daily/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Tucson Daily Citizen|date=June 10, 1943|location=Tucson, Arizona|via = Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1936}}|author=|title=Music Conservatory in Complimentary Program Friday P.M.|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62936/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=April 30, 1936|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|April 30, 1938}}|author=|title=Ottumwa Cachet|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62781/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=April 30, 1938|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1938}}|author=|title=Ottumwa in Air|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62708/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=May 3, 1938|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|October 25, 1939}}|author=|title=Ottumwan Wins U. S. Mural Competition|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62726/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=October 25, 1939|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|1947}}|author=|title=Ottumwans to Attend Rotary International|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62961/|access-date=28 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=May 28, 1947|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Courier|1980}}|author=|title=Piano Concert Is Friday|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62939/|access-date=28 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Courier|date=April 29, 1980 |location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Post Mark Collectors Club|2004}} |title=Post Office: Corydon, Iowa 50060 |url=http://www.postmarks.org/pop/3500/3567.htm |website=Postmarks |publisher=Post Mark Collectors Club |access-date=28 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427201350/http://www.postmarks.org/pop/3500/3567.htm |archive-date=27 April 2009 |location=Bellevue, Ohio |date=June 2004 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite journal|ref={{harvid|The Bulletin of the University of Minnesota|1944}}|author=|title=Robert H. Hulse, Instructor of Art|journal=The Bulletin of the University of Minnesota: Publications of the Faculties|date=December 1944|volume=XLVIII|issue=4|page=112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jPEdAQAAIAAJ|access-date=28 July 2016|publisher=University of Minnesota|location=Minneapolis, Minnesota}}
  • {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Artprice|2016}} |title=Robert Harley Hulse (1915) |url=http://www.artprice.com/artist/200371/robert-harley-hulse/biography |publisher=Artprice |access-date=28 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728173710/http://www.artprice.com/artist/200371/robert-harley-hulse/biography |archive-date=28 July 2016 |location=Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or, France |date=2016 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Fairfield Daily Ledger|1933}}|author=|title=Symphony Has New Officers; List Members|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62929/|access-date=27 July 2016|publisher=The Fairfield Daily Ledger|date=October 25, 1933|location=Fairfield, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Courier|1961}}|author=|title=Twenty Years Ago|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/anonymous/clipnumber/62725/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Courier|date=April 8, 1961|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
  • {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Ottumwa Daily Courier|December 1, 1939}}|author=|title=(untitled)|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/profile/susun-wilkinson/clipnumber/62719/|access-date=27 July 2016|newspaper=The Ottumwa Daily Courier|date=December 1, 1939|location=Ottumwa, Iowa|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}

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External links

  • [http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=35949 Band Concert study in the collection of the Smithsonian]
  • [https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/22072163816 Volunteer Fire Department, in Corydon, Iowa]

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