Marian Spore Bush

Marian Spore Bush
Marian Spore Bush at the easel
Born
Flora May Spore

(1878-10-22)October 22, 1878
DiedFebruary 24, 1946(1946-02-24) (aged 67)
Other namesFlora Marian Spore
Mrs. Irving T. Bush
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Occupation(s)dentist
painter
philanthropist
writer
SpouseIrving T. Bush
Parent(s)Melvin and Helen Miller Spore
RelativesJames Sutherland Spore (brother)

Marian Spore Bush (born Flora May Spore, October 22, 1878 – February 24, 1946) was an American dentist, painter, and wife of industrial tycoon Irving T. Bush. She left her successful Michigan dental practice for a studio in Greenwich Village, New York City, and became a self-taught painter in the 1920s.

She claimed her large surrealistic works were inspired by long-dead artists who were communicating with her from "beyond the veil." Her predictions of the future, her unusual artwork, her work with the poor in New York City's Bowery, and her late life marriage to Bush incited much interest in the national press.