Marie Koupal Lusk
Marie Koupal Lusk was an American painter and one of the founders of the Chicago Palette Club.Biography
Lusk née Koupal was born on 12 February 1862 at :cs:Češnovice|Češnovice house 12, Bohemia, Austrian Empire and was baptized Catholic in Pištín. Her family immigrated to the United States in 1867, settling in Illinois. Lusk attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League of New York. She traveled to Paris where she studied under Václav Brožík at the Academy Colarossi.
On 20 August 1884, Koupal married Charles D. Lusk in Chicago, a native of Veselí nad Lužnicí who became an attourney. Their son, Milan Lusk, was a well-regarded concert violinist. Lusk was involved with the Bohemian Club of Chicago She and her friend Alice Kellogg Tyler established the Palette Club, an art association for Chicago women.
Lusk exhibited her paintings at the Paris Salon, and the Art Institute of Chicago. She also exhibited her work at the Illinois Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She painted the frieze "Music" for the reception room.
Lusk died on December 13, 1929 in Wilmette, Illinois.Gallery
