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Jessie Marion King of United Kingdom

Born: New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, 1875
Died: Kirkcudbright, 1949

Scottish illustrator active from the 1890s, she was the leading female exponent of the Glasgow School. She studied at the Glasgow School of Art under Charles Rennie Mackintosh. She lived in Paris from 1910 to 1914, returning when the World War I broke out to live in the artist community of Kirkcudbright. There she set up “Green Gate Close”, which became a centre for women artists.


Activities

  Type Design
  Teaching
  Art
  Book Jacket Design
  Illustration


Related Links

 • Denise Ortakales: Jessie Marion King
 • University of Rochester Libraries: Jessie Marion King bio
 • Wikipedia: Jesse Marion King



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