Marilyn Thompson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
American, 1927-2015
Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015) was born in Santa Paula. California. She received an art degree from San Jose State in 1950, after which she worked for H. M. Gousha, for whom she drew many illustrations of missions and other California sites. From the mid-1970s on, she did freelance drawing and painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards, etc). During the 1980s and 1990s she did hundreds of drawings and paintings at the free Palo Alto Library art classes with live models. Some of her portraits are on permanent display at the Sunnyvale Historic Museum as a part of the Historical Portrait Project.to
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Artist: Marilyn Thompson
Portrait of a Woman in a White Dress - Pastel on Paper
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in a White Dress - Pastel on Paper
Delicate drawing of a woman in a white dress by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015). Acquired with a colle...
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1990s Impressionist Marilyn Thompson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Woman in a Blue Shirt
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drawing of a woman by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015). Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Acquired with a collection of her work. Presented in a new cream mat with foam-core backing. Paper size: 24.5"H x 19.75"W. A Northern California Artists and Musician.
Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015) was born in Santa Paula. California. She received an art degree from San Jose State in 1950, after which she worked for H. M. Gousha, for whom she drew many illustrations of missions and other California sites. From the mid-1970s on, she did freelance drawing and painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards...
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1990s Photorealist Marilyn Thompson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Woman in a Pink Vest - Pastel on Paper
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drawing of a woman by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015). A woman wearing a pink vest and her hair pulled back sits looking to the viewer's right. She is rendered in loving detail, with smooth shading and glowing highlights. Of particular note are the details in her hair, jewelry, and folds of her skirt.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Acquired with a collection of her work.
Presented in a new white mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 26"H x 24"W
Paper size: 23.75"Hx 19.75"W
Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015) was born in Santa Paula. California. She received an art degree from San Jose State in 1950, after which she worked for H. M. Gousha, for whom she drew many illustrations of missions and other California sites. From the mid-1970s on, she did freelance drawing and painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards...
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1990s Photorealist Marilyn Thompson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel
Pastel Portrait of a Shakespearean Woman with Pearls
By Marilyn Thompson
Located in Soquel, CA
Intricately detailed realist figurative pastel drawing of a woman in Shakespearean clothing by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015), 1989. The woman's pearl necklace and puffy sleeved garment, as well as each individual strand of her graying hair, are depicted in hyper-realist pastel on half tone paper.
Signed and dated "Marylin Thompson 1989" in the lower right corner.
Presented in a new cream mat with foam-core backing.
Paper size: 24.75"H x 19.75"W
Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015) was born in Santa Paula. California. She received an art degree from San Jose State in 1950, after which she worked for H. M. Gousha, for whom she drew many illustrations of missions and other California sites. From the mid-1970s on, she did freelance drawing and painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards...
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1980s Photorealist Marilyn Thompson Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel
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