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1 of 1977 Self Portrait of Marguerite Kreutzberg

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Name	Kreutzberg, Marguerite
Othernames	Marguerite Gribi Kreutzberg
Born	Sept. 14, 1880
Birthplace	Elgin, Illinois
Places of residence	Lived at 28 Roslyn Place, Chicago with her parents until her marriage. Moved to Lake Bluff in 1910 and in 1920, built a home at 711 Park Pace. Relocated to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1925. By 1938 she was living at the Curly Horn Ranch near Tucson, Arizona. Kreutzberg died on her 93rd birthday in Santa Barbara California.
Education	Bryn Mawr College - 1904 Trained at the American Academy of Chicago with William Penhallow Henderson - circa 1910 Student of Natalie Gontcharova in Paris and Phil Paradise in Los Angeles
Occupation	Kreutzberg worked in pastels and oils, where she developed murals in schools, painted portraits, and illustrated with woodcuts. She exhibited several of her pastels in the Art Institute of Chicago's Annual Exhibitions of Works by Chicago Artists in 1914 and 1923. In 1923 she was awarded a prize for her artwork. She exhibited at the Chicago Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Watercolor Society of New York, and the Tucson Art Center (of which she was a founding member). Kreutzberg also participated in or organized many shows and exhibits in the Tucson area during the 1940s, '50s, and '60s.
Role	Artist
Spouse	William Otto Kreutzberg - m. Oct. 16, 1906; div. 1938
Children	Robin Kreutzberg born 1906
Notes	Student of William Penhallow Henderson while living in Chicago and was his next door neighbor in Lake Bluff. She was featured in an exhibit of Lake Bluff artists sponsored by Lake Bluff Woman's Club in 1914; also included Henderson, John Cotton, Clara Hatch Stevens and others (Lake Forester Nov.14, 1914). She cataloged donated books for newly established Lake Bluff Woman's Club lending library in 1920. Kreutzberg was a Lake Bluff supporter of Ravinia Park and Arden Shore camp in the 1920s. Gifted "The Meeting of Marquette and Joliet" mural to Lake Bluff School on March 24, 1926. The mural is now displayed in Lake Bluff Village Hall meeting room.

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13. Letter from John Kreutzberg to Museum - Letter from John Kreutzberg to Cathy McKechney and Kathy O'Hara regarding the restoration of the Marguerite Kreutzberg's mural painted in East School. John also donates $1000 for the restoration.

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