“My greatest ability lies in the awareness and use of relationship of form, vision and imagination . . . I have a sensitive appreciation and ability to handle color. I feel complete freedom to take any liberties with form and space. You may find the application of my work overpowering; it is never too much for me . . . It is my pleasure and excitement to fill every space with interest and intricate weaving and design. Without this interest I would never do embroideries.” Marguerite Zorach [http://www.michaelrosenfeldart.com/artists/marguerite-zorach-1887-1968] Marguerite Zorach (née Thompson; Sept. 25, 1887- June 27, 1968); American Fauvist painter, textile artist and graphic designer, and early exponent of modernism in America.... Born in Santa Rosa, CA. Her father, a lawyer, and mother were descended from New England seafarers and Pennsylvania Quakers.... She was one of a small group of women admitted to Stanford University in 1908. ...While at Stanford, Marguerite continued to show aptitude for art, and rather than completing her degree, she traveled to France at the invitation of her aunt, Harriet Adelaide Harris. ....While in Paris, she socialized with Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Henri Rousseau, and Matisse... At the Académie de La Palette, she met her future husband and artistic collaborator, William Zorach. He admired her passionate individuality, and he said of her modernist Fauvist artwork “I just couldn’t understand why such a nice girl would paint such wild pictures.” ...After the birth of their daughter, she found that working with textiles allowed her to give more attention to her children... Later in life, she suffered from macular degeneration in her eyes. This greatly inhibited her ability to produce textiles, however she was able to continue painting. While Marguerite was an impressive and prolific artist, it was not until after her death that she received the same recognition as William.... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Zorach] undefined

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