Marjoree Nee Deo (1907-1996) American, Abstract Oil on Board. Signed bottom right. 

Overall Size: 13 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. 

Sight Size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. 

Marjoree Nee Deo was born in Escanaba, Michigan on August 27th, 1907. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. and marrying Robert Deo she studied painting at the Phillips Gallery under Karl Knaths and at American University under Jack Tworkov and Boris Margo, developing a vibrant expressionist style focused on abstract landscapes. Her first one-woman show was in Chicago in 1942 with regular exhibitions after that in Washington, New York, Florida, and in the Middle East, and her works are in the permanent collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. She died of congestive heart failure in Sarasota, Florida on October 22nd, 1996.

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