Baker, Martha Susan, 1871-1911

found: Smithsonian Amer. Art Mus./Nat. Portrait Gallery Library vertical file(from 1912 exhibition brochure: Martha S. Baker; b. Dec. 25, 1871, Evansville, Ind.)

found: Who was who in Amer. art, 1999(Baker, Martha Susan; painter, miniature painter, teacher; b. 1871, Evansville, Ind.; d. 1911, Chicago, Ill.)

found: Greenhouse, Wendy, "Martha Baker 1871-1911," in Artists pages of M. Christine Schwartz Collection website, May 12, 2020(Martha Baker, portrait and miniature painter; also Martha Susan Baker; native of Evansville, Ind.; studied at Art Institute of Chicago and served there as an instructor of sketching and watercolor painting until 1904; also taught briefly at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts; excelled as a painter of portraits and figural works, but was best known for her miniature portraits; featured in the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and also exhibited in the Paris Salon, at London's and at at the annual exhibitions of the Chicago Art Institute and the Society of Western Artists; in Paris, 1906-1909; died just short of her 40th birthday) - https://schwartzcollection.com/artist/martha-baker/

found: Bénézit dictionary of artists, via Oxford Art Online, published online 31 October 2011, accessed May 12, 2020(Baker, Martha Susan; American, 19th-20th century, female; student at the School of Fine Arts of the Art Institute of Chicago, for which she painted several portraits and miniatures; also produced some paintings to decorate the Chicago School of Fine Arts)

found: Wikipedia, May 12, 2020(Martha Susan Baker (December 25, 1871-December 21, 1911); American painter, muralist and teacher; born in Evansville, Ind., died in Chicago)