Maria Louise KIRK

a.k.a. M. L. Kirk, "Minnie"

illustrator, painter

b. February 25, 1860
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

d. June 21, 1938
Pennsylvania, USA

interment: Arlington Cemetery
Drexel Hill, Delaware, Pennsylvania

parents:

George H. Kirk
b. 1834, Pennsylvania

m. 1st Harriet H. Craig
b. 1838, Pennsylvania
d. 1864

m. 2nd Annie M.

siblings:

George W., b. 1862, PA
Harriet "Hatty" A., b. 1864, PA
Whitney, b. 1867, PA
Chester, b. 1869, PA
Hughes

education:

Philadelphia School of Design for Women (1881-1886)
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Art Club

exhibitions:

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Art Institute of Chicago

Mary Smith prize, PAFA, 1894

occupation:

illustrator, 50+ books

residence:

Philadelphia (1860/'70/1910)


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