Mariquita Gill (1861 - 1915) was an American painter who lived in Giverny, France during the 1890s.

Biography

Gill was born in 1861 in Montevideo,

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. She began studying art in Boston in the 1880s. She continued her studies at the Art Students League of New York. In 1885 she moved to Paris where she studied at the Académie Julian. By the 1890s she had seen an exhibit of

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's work and subsequently moved to

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. Gill exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Gill returned to America in 1897, settling in Massachusetts. She exhibited her work at the Art Institute of Chicago, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. Gill died in 1915 in

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Legacy

Gill was included in the 2018 exhibit “Winter Reprieve: American Artists in Bermuda” at the Hawthorne Fine Art gallery.

Gallery

File:Willows by the River, Giverny by Mariquita Gill.jpg, ''Willows by the River, Giverny'' File:Marsh Landscape by Mariquita Gill.jpg, ''Marsh Landscape'' File:Sunlight on a Haystack by Mariquita Gill.jpg, ''Sunlight on a Haystack'' File:Bermuda Scene by Mariquita Gill.png, ''Bermuda Scene''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Mariquita 1861 births 1915 deaths 19th-century American women painters 19th-century American painters Académie Julian alumni Art Students League of New York alumni Artists from Montevideo Uruguayan emigrants Immigrants to the United States Immigrants to France