Florence MacKubin
| Florence MacKubin | |
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Self-portrait
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| Born |
May 19, 1857 Florence, Italy |
| Died | February 2, 1918 (aged 60) Baltimore, Maryland |
| Resting place | St. Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland Coordinates: 38°58′54.69″N 76°29′49.73″W / 38.9818583°N 76.4971472°W |
| Nationality | American, born in Italy |
| Known for | Painting |
Florence MacKubin (or Mackubin) (May 19, 1857 in Florence – February 2, 1918 in Baltimore) was an American portrait painter in miniature, pastel, and oil colors. She painted portraits of prominent people in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as several famous copies of portraits, and exhibited at the Paris Salon, the London Academy, and the National Academy, New York.
Florence MacKubin was born in 1857 in Florence, Italy, while her parents, Charles Nicholas and Ellen Marietta (Fay) MacKubin, were spending a year abroad. Her father died in 1863, after which her mother returned to Europe with the children.
MacKubin made a portrait of her grandfather, George Mackubin, who had been the Treasurer of the Western Shore, for the State of Maryland.
MacKubin studied drawing in Florence, Italy. She then studied at Les Ruches, a Protestant school at Fontainbleau under M. Lainé. In Munich she studied under Professor Herterich. She studied under Louis Deschamps in oil and Julius Rolshoven in pastel, and Mlle. Jeanne Devina in miniature painting in Paris.
The Board of Public Works of Maryland appointed her to make copies of portraits of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore and Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. For the Board she also painted a copy of Warwick Castle's famous Van Dyke portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, for whom Maryland is named.
MacKubin made paintings of society women in England and in the United States cities of Boston, New York, Baltimore, Washington, and St. Louis. In 12 years she received commissions for 360 miniature portraits. The people whose portraits she painted include Joel Chandler Harris, Basil Gildersleeve, Mrs. Charles J. Bonaparte, Justice Horace Gray, Senator George F. Hoar, and Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard.
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