Marie H. Guise Newcomb

Marie H. Guise Newcomb (1865–1895) was an American painter. She is known for her paintings of animals.

Biography Marie H. Guise Newcomb was an American naturalist artist. She was born in Newark, New Jersey on an unknown date in 1865. As a child, Newcomb spent the majority of her time on farms and out in nature studying and admiring its beauty. She was fond of horses and studied their very nature of existence. In her youth, she illustrated sketches of horses and cattle and grew into a passion for her future.

In 1885, Newcomb traveled to Europe where she spent a year studying art in Paris under the direction of August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck, Luigi Chialva, and Édouard Detaille. August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck was an artist best known for his pieces portraying animals and landscapes. Luigi Chialva was an Italian artist who gained his reputation by producing artwork of animals. Édouard Detaille was a French painter who was respected as a master artist for his accurate portrayals of battles and military life.

After her time spent studying in Paris, she traveled to Algeria and the Sahara. In Algeria and the Sahara, she devoted her time to studying the Arab and the horses in this environment.

Much of Newcomb’s art was produced within the confines of the sheds and stables proximal to her studio, which was located in New York City. These conditions include hoarding situations, animal fighting rings, puppy mills, and unsanitary breeding houses. The Paris Salon was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was considered to be the most respected art event held in the western world. The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the largest and oldest art institutes around the globe and contains thousands of pieces of art from around the world and including pieces from well-known- and lesser-known artists.

Newcomb died in New York City, New York on Saturday, June 23, 1894. Newcomb died at the age of thirty, with a diagnosis of heart failure. She is buried in Valhalla, New York, just northeast of New York City.

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