Marian MacDowell

Marian MacDowell
Background information
Born(1858-11-22)November 22, 1858
DiedAugust 24, 1956(1956-08-24) (aged 97)
GenresClassical
OccupationConcert pianist
Marian with her husband Edward MacDowell, 1886
Frances Brundage, Marian MacDowell, and Arthur Nevin in 1917
Marian MacDowell piano recitals of MacDowell music (cover of publicity brochure)

Marian MacDowell (maiden name Marian Griswold Nevins) (November 22, 1858 – August 24, 1956) was an American pianist and philanthropist. In 1907, she and her husband Edward MacDowell founded the MacDowell Colony for artists in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Her leadership of the artist retreat through two world wars, the Great Depression and other challenges created one of the foremost cultural institutions in the United States, which cultivated the work of generations of musicians, writers, poets, sculptors, and visual artists.[1]

  1. ^ Acocella, Joan R, and Carter Wiseman. A Place for the Arts: The Macdowell Colony, 1907-2007. Peterborough, N.H: MacDowell Colony, 2006.