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Marguerite Kirmse
1885
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2
Works in Collection
8
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7
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70%
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- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
Source Registry (1)
- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
About
Why this artist matters now
Marguerite Kirmse was a British-born American artist known for meticulously detailed drawings and etchings of dogs, capturing breed characteristics and temperament with anatomical precision. Her practice spanned several decades in the early twentieth century, establishing her as a specialist in canine portraiture at a time when animal studies were rarely treated with such technical rigor. Her work combined naturalistic observation with a refined graphic sensibility, particularly in her etched plates.
Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 18d ago
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2 published of 3 catalogued · 1 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art2 published
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- — · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- — · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Art Institute of Chicago
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