About Marilla Adams
Lived 1864 – 1934 (aged 69–70). Marilla Adams was a Canadian artist.
Marilla Adams (1864 – November 2, 1966) was a Canadian artist.
Biography Adams was born in 1864 in Zorra, Canada West. She attended Alma College, a women's college in St. Thomas, Ontario. There she studied under Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith along with Cornelia Saleno and Eva Brook Donly. She continued her education at the Ontario School of Art, the School of Design in New York, and the Art Association of Montreal.
She died in Montréal on November 2, 1966.
Adams (center) in Three Artists by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, , which depicts three of Bell-Smith's students at Alma College.
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Canadian artist
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Marilla Adams was born in 1864 in Zorra.
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Marilla Adams died in 1934 in Montreal.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Marilla Adams. https://biography.guide/marilla-adams/
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