Marie Agnes H. Hyde (October 12, 1882 – September 17, 1978) was an American painter, sculptor, and illustrator.

Biography

Born in

Sidney, Ohio Sidney is a city in Shelby County, Ohio, located approximately 36 mi (58 km) north of Dayton and 100 mi (161 km) south of Toledo. The population was 20,421 at the time of the 2020 census. It is named after English poet Phili ...

, Hyde grew up with her grandparents Augustus Hyde and Eliza Hyde in Cleveland. She studied at the Cleveland School of Art, where her work won a prize. She graduated in 1905 and moved to New York to study at the Art Students League with

William Merritt Chase William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849October 25, 1916) was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons School of Design. ...

and Frank Alvah Parsons. She may also have studied at the

National Academy of Design The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fin ...

. Hyde's work was exhibited at the Museum of New Mexico, the

Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is the largest natural and historical museum in the western United States. Its collections include nearly 35 million specimens and artifacts and cover 4.5 billion years of history. This large coll ...

, and elsewhere, winning several prizes. One of her portrait miniatures is in the collection of the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

, New York.

Personal life

Hyde had a daughter, Rosalyn E. Hyde, with whom she lived in San Francisco during the 1930s.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hyde, Marie Agnes H. 1882 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American women painters 20th-century American painters People from Sidney, Ohio Cleveland School of Art alumni Art Students League of New York alumni