Marie Atkinson Hull

Marie Hull (September 28, 1890 - November 21, 1980) was an American painter from Mississippi. Her work was exhibited in the United States and Europe. In her home state of Mississippi, October 22, 1975, was designated as Marie Hull Day. Some of her paintings are in the permanent collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, Mississippi.

Early life Marie Hull was born on September 28, 1890, in Summit, Mississippi. Her father was Earnest Sidney Atkinson and her mother, Mary Catherine Sample.

Hull was educated at McComb High School and the Higbee School in Memphis, Tennessee. Meanwhile, she also taught African-American schoolchildren at the College Park Clubhouse in Jackson.

Hull was a member of the Mississippi Art Association, from which she received a gold medal in 1920. The museum held an exhibition, entitled Bright Fields: The Mastery of Marie Hull, from September 26, 2015, to January 10, 2016. Concert pianist Bruce Levingston authored Bright Fields: The Mastery of Marie Hull, published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2015. Additionally, Mississippi Public Broadcasting made a documentary about her life as well as a program about the exhibit in 2015.