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Marcus Mote

Marcus Mote (1817 - 1898) was active/lived in Ohio, Indiana.  Marcus Mote is known for Religious, portrait, landscape.

An early advocate of arts education, Marcus Mote was born to Quakers David and Miriam Mendenhall Mote in 1817 near Lebanon, Ohio. His career began early as an itinerant limner, famous by drawing a life sketch of John Quincy Adams when Adams was in route to Cincinnati to dedicate the Mount Adams Observatory and made a stop at the Williamson Hotel, which is now known as the Golden Lamb Inn.

Mote moved his family to Richmond in 1864 in search of a broader audience of patrons. He opened a studio and continued to paint portraits, sign painting, biblical paintings and tuition from students. It was in 1869 that he founded the Richmond Academy of Design for Women. It is reported that 541 pupils attended the academy.

It was his advocacy of art as part of the school curriculum that is his true legacy. He managed to convince the Richmond School system to include drawing in school eight years before the State of Indiana mandated drawing as part of the school curriculum   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1182 characters.]  Artist bio

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