Stella Marks, portrait miniaturist. Born Melbourne 1887; studied at the Melbourne National Gallery School; exhibited 1913 with the West Australian Society of Arts. Lived in New York 1914 to 1934. The National Gallery of Melbourne purchased 'Maud Allen' and 'Mr Justice McKenna'. Following numerous commissions from the Royal Family was awarded the MVO in 1979.
Minaturist who exhibited oil paintings and series of twenty-one miniatures of children of local people and other subjects with the West Australian Society of Arts in 1913. One subject was Norma Rolland later an embroiderer and weaver. Her husband Montague saw active service in World War I and was killed.
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Adding to and correcting earlier biography. This is the same artist is Stella E. Marks that is on this DAAO website. You may wish to merge? Sources for my biography, which is similar to the Stella E. Marks bio here, can be found in third party press cuttings listed on the page "Index of Press Coverage" on the website montyandstellamarks.com -
26/07/2015 20:33
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July 26, 2015, 7:56 p.m.
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I have added what I believe to be the most significant facts regarding Stella Marks' career. Also, 'Montagu Marks' is the correct spelling of Stella's husband (although in some historical newspaper cuttings he was misspelled as 'Montague Marks'). He was not killed in WWI. He was a pilot in the Canadian Royal Flying Corp and went on to be General Manager of London Films. I am Stella's grandson. All facts can be verified by third party sources. I have listed them in the page "Index of Press cuttings" at www.montyandstellamarks.com -
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