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Mary Frances Overbeck

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Mary Frances Overbeck (1878 - 1956) was active/lived in Indiana.  Mary Overbeck is known for Pottery-decoration and whimsical animal design.

Mary Frances Overbeck was one of the four Overbeck sisters who founded the Overbeck Pottery studio in Cambridge City, Indiana in 1911. The sisters created high quality decorative arts and unlike traditional pottery manufacturers they did all of the work themselves. They made their products in a basement workshop, designed and decorated in a room off their dining room and fired in an outbuilding on their property.

Mary Frances attended the Indiana State Normal School and studied under her sister Margaret.  She went to New York and studied with Arthur Wesley Dow at Columbia University and Marshal T Fry.

She taught school in Boulder, Colorado; Centerville and Cambridge City, Indiana.  She was well know for designing bookplates, and all her career painted in oils and watercolors.

Mary Frances created her pottery using the coil method. She contributed many designs and later, after her sisters died, worked alone and developed the figurines which   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1165 characters.]  Artist bio

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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Mary Frances Overbeck
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review The Overbeck Sisters August 2005 Denker, Ellen Paul Yes
The Magazine Antiques Sister Act July 2005 Denker, Ellen Paul Yes
6 Book References for Mary Frances Overbeck
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Newton, Judith Vale Skirting the Issue: Stories of Indiana's Historical Women Artists 390 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
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