Marie Koupal Lusk

Marie Koupal Lusk (1862-1929)[1] was an American painter and one of the founders of the Chicago Palette Club.

Marie Koupal Lusk
Born
Marie Koupalová

(1862-02-12)February 12, 1862
Češnovice (part of Pištín), Bohemia, Austrian Empire
DiedDecember 13, 1929(1929-12-13) (aged 66–67)
Wilmette, Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationAcademy Colarossi
Art Students League of New York
National Academy of Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)
Charles D. Lusk
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(m. 1884)​

Biography

Lusk née Koupal was born on 12 February 1862 at Češnovice house 12, Bohemia, Austrian Empire and was baptized Catholic in Pištín.[2][3] Her family immigrated to the United States in 1867, settling in Illinois.[4] Lusk attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League of New York. She traveled to Paris where she studied under Václav Brožík at the Academy Colarossi.[3]

On 20 August 1884, Koupal married Charles D. Lusk (1856-1935) in Chicago, a native of Veselí nad Lužnicí who became an attourney.[5][6] Their son, Milan Lusk (1893-1932), was a well-regarded concert violinist.[7] Lusk was involved with the Bohemian Club of Chicago[3] She and her friend Alice Kellogg Tyler established the Palette Club, an art association for Chicago women.[4]

Lusk exhibited her paintings at the Paris Salon, and the Art Institute of Chicago.[3] She also exhibited her work at the Illinois Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She painted the frieze "Music" for the reception room.[4]

Lusk died on December 13, 1929 in Wilmette, Illinois.[3][8]

  • Music (1893)
  • Red Roses
  • Sunny American La France Roses

References
  1. "Marie Koupal Lusk (1862-1929)". Invaluable. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. "DigiArchiv of SRA Trebon - ver. 20.07.14". digi.ceskearchivy.cz. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  3. "Marie Lusk (1862 - 1929)". AskArt. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. "DigiArchiv of SRA Trebon - ver. 20.07.14". digi.ceskearchivy.cz. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  6. "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920". FamilySearch. 1884.
  7. "Lusk, Milan". 20th century violin concertante (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  8. "Mother of Milan Lusk is dead; was noted artist [Marie Koupal Lusk]". Wilmette Public Library Local History Collection. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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