Born in Brooklyn in 1909, Marion Greenwood first visited Woodstock in 1920 with her father, who was also a painter. In 1924, when only fourteen years old, she left school to study with George Bridgman, Frank Vincent DuMond, and John Sloan at the Art Students League in New York. Greenwood also exhibited in the Woodstock Artists Association for the first time in that year. After four years at the League, she went to study at Colarossi's in Paris, then returning to Woodstock she studied lithography with Emil Ganso and mosaic technique with Alexander Archipenko.

In 1932 Greenwood vacationed in Taxco, Mexico, and while there she executed a small fresco in the Hotel Taxqueno depicting native life. This work brought her to the attention of the Mexican muralists Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco and led to a commission from the Mexican government to execute a mural at the University San Nicolas Hidalgo in Morelia on the subject of Trascan Indian life. At the age of twenty-three, she had become the first American woman to receive a mural commission from a foreign government. During the next six years, she completed other murals in Mexico City; Camden, New Jersey; Crossville, Tennessee; and Brooklyn, New York. With her sister Grace, and under the direction of the American expatriate artist Pablo O'Higgins, she painted her finest mural at the Adlejarbo Rodriguez market in Mexico City.

After exhibiting at the 1939 World's Fair and she concentrated primarily on easel painting. In 1944 she had her first solo exhibition at Associated American Artists in New York. Stimulated by the exotic and the ethnic, Greenwood sought inspiration for her work in travels to the West Indies, North Africa, India, Hong Kong, China, and Europe.

In her figurative work, Greenwood portrayed people as individuals; her greatest strength lay in her ability to convey the humanity of her subjects. An active member of the Woodstock artist community, she is remembered for her vivacoius personality, her wit, and her enduring commitment to her art.

From Woodstock's Art Heritage, with a historical survey by Tom Wolf, Woodstock, New York, 1987.

Iberian MotifTT-c.1940, Lithograph.

Edition not stated. Signed in pencil.

Image size 10 1 /4 x 14 3/8 inches (260 x 365 mm); sheet size 13 1/8 x 18 1/16 inches (333 x 459 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with full margins (1 1/4 to 1 7/8 inches) on off-white wove paper, in excellent condition.

Illustrated in Graphic Excursions, Godine ,1991.

SOLD

Haitian MusiciansTT-1953, Lithograph.

Edition not stated. Signed in pencil.

Image size 9 1/16 x 13 3/4 inches (231 x 349 mm); sheet size 12 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches (311 x 412 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with full margins (1 1/8 to 1 3/4 inches) on cream wove paper, in excellent condition.

SOLD