Marcus King (1891 - 1977)

was born in Taranaki in 1891. He joined the architectural division of the Public Works Department in 1906 and later transferred to Auckland where he studied under Edward Fristrom at the Elam School of Fine Arts. After service in World War I he returned to Wellington to become a commercial artist and part-time art teacher at the Wellington Technical College. He joined the National Publicity Studios about 1920 and died in 1977.

He is represented at the Auckland Art Gallery, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Hocken Library, Dunedin, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, Whangarei Art Museum.

("The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists, Painters, Printmakers, Sculptors" by Kate McGahey)
 
Clearly signed at lower left.

Professionally framed.

Size:
Frame = 680 mm wide x 570 mm high
Image = 560 mm wide x 450 mm high