Marcia Gygli King (June 4, 1931
Cleveland, Ohio
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– January 18, 2011) was an American artist.
Life
She attended Laurel School in
Shaker Heights, Ohio.
She graduated from
Smith College
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with a BA in English.
She studied at the
Corcoran School of Art, and graduated from the
University of Texas at San Antonio with an MFA.
She moved to New York City in 1979. as her art career prospered but she continued to return to her home in San Antonio throughout her life and lived at home in San Antonio in her final years. She spent her summers in Sagaponack, New York, where she painted, enjoyed the beach and the special light of Long Island with her family and friends.
Her work is in the
Guggenheim Museum,
Brooklyn Museum
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,
Newark Museum,
Cleveland Museum of Art,
San Antonio Museum of Art,
McNay Art Museum and
National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Exhibitions
*2009, "40 year Retrospective",
San Antonio Museum of Art;
Southwest School of Arts and Crafts;
University of Texas at San Antonio
Works
*Scott A. Sherer (ed) ''Marcia Gygli King: Forty Years'', San Antonio Museum of Art, 2008,
*''Marcia King'', Hal Katzen Gallery, 1992
*''Marcia Gygli King: relief paintings 1982–1984'', Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, 1984
References
External links
Artist's website*
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1931 births
2011 deaths
Artists from Cleveland
Smith College alumni
University of Texas at San Antonio alumni