Margaret Schmidt Spicer-Simson

Margaret Spicer-Simson (6 March 1874 – 5 April 1968) was an American artist and painter of miniatures.

Life Margaret Schmidt was born in Washington, D.C. in 1874, the daughter of Ernest L. Schmidt and Christina Gudenrath. During the Spanish American War, in 1899, the couple moved to Paris.

In 1900, The Evening Post described Spicer-Simson as one whose "home is in Washington, whose studio is in Paris, and who paints mostly in London". She exhibited at the Paris Salon and in London between 1899 and 1907, including at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1901, from 1 Gayton Crescent, Hampstead.

In 1923, Spicer-Simson was the recipient of a MacDowell fellowship, working in the Adams studio. Margaret died on 5 April 1968.