Margaret Modlin
Margaret Marley Modlin | |
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Mesianism, Surrealism |
Margaret Marley Modlin (January 5, 1927 – October 28, 1998) was an American
Biography
Margaret Marley was born in
Artistic career
Modlin stayed at home creating her artworks while her husband and son found paid work.
Modlin didn't sell a painting in her lifetime but hoped to find a place in art history.[7] She died in 1998, stipulating in her will that her paintings remained in Spain. Her final painting, of poet José García Nieto, was only half completed.[3]
Los Modlin
After the death of her son Nelson in 2002 and her husband Elmer Modlin in 2003, Margaret Modlin's 120 paintings and personal effects remained in their dilapidated building, which the El País newspaper described as "a house-museum full of cracks and illuminated only by the colorful paintings."[3] In June 2003 photographs, family movies and personal items about Modlin family were discovered in the street and Spanish photographer Paco Gómez began to piece together the story.[2] In November 2013 he published a book, Los Modlin, based on the subsequent investigation about the family.[7]
References
- ^ "Trove".
- ^ a b c d Josefa Paredes (July 1, 2012) "En busca de una historia para los Modlin" (in Spanish), El Confidencial. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ a b c d e Susana Hidalgo (June 21, 2004) "A la espera de un mecenas" (in Spanish), El País. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, IMDb
- ^ March or Die, IMDb
- ^ a b Elmer N. and Margaret M. Modlin Papers (#4977) 1987, 1996 (Collection overview), Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library (UNC).
- ^ a b "The best book of the year / El mejor libro del año", Spanish Academy of Language and Translation, Edinburgh, January 16, 2014.