Nationality American Occupation Artist | Name Marcia Marcus | |
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Born January 11, 1928 New York City Education New York University, Cooper Union | ||
Marcia Marcus A Panel Discussion at ERIC FIRESTONE GALLERY
Marcia Marcus (b. New York, NY, Jan. 11, 1928) is an American figurative painter whose work, which often includes self-portraits, is found in many museums including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Williams College Museum of Art, and the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College. Marcus studied at New York University, at Cooper Union (1950–52), and with Edwin Dickinson at the Art Students League (1954). In 1960 her work was included in the Young American Artists exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1962-63 she was the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship to France. She has taught at many institutions, including Purdue University; Moore Institute of Art, Science, and Industry; Rhode Island School of Design; Cooper Union; Louisiana State University; New York University; Vassar College; Cornell University; Iowa State University; and Northern Arizona University. Marcia Marcus performed the first "Happening" conceived and directed by a woman. Red Grooms, Bob Thompson and Dick Bellamy performed "In The Garden: A Ballet" at the Delancey Street Museum January 1960 . Marcia Marcus is represented by the Eric Firestone Gallery in New York City.