Painting
- Title:
- Garden Spot
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1994.008.01
- Creator:
- Sturm, Marjorie Prescott Rowell (1892-1960)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1925-1940
- Description:
- Landscape painting of Garden Spot, by Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892-1960), 1925-1940. Oil on artist's board. Impressionistic landscape with flowers in foreground, bird fountain in left middle ground, and a house partially obscured by shrubs in left background. Large tree right background. In pencil on reverse: "Marjorie P. Rowell / 50 Church St. / Concord N.H. / Garden Spot". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-16 W-20 inches
- Provenance:
- Minot Hill is treasurer of the Pierce Brigade. The Pierce Brigade offered the Marjorie Sturm collection for sale to NHHS, September, 1993.
Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm ( 1892-1960), lifelong resident of Concord, NH, was a painter and commercial illustrator. Accomplishments include greeting card designs for Hallmark, numerous maps and brochures, a painting of John Farmer (1945.8), magazine covers, as well as book illustration (Needle in Hand, Martha Stearns, 1950). - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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