American artist and author (1912–2017)
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| Born | Marian Cannon
(1912-09-13)September 13, 1912
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| Died | October 14, 2017(2017-10-14) (aged 105)
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| Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
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| Occupation(s) | Artist, author |
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| Spouse | Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1940–1970; divorced) |
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| Children | 4 |
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Marian Cannon Schlesinger (September 13, 1912 – October 14, 2017) was an American artist and author.[1]
She published two volumes of her memoir, Snatched from Oblivion: A Cambridge Memoir and I Remember: A Life of Politics, Painting and People, as well as five children's books, which she also illustrated.[2]
She painted landscapes and portraits and spent time in China, where she visited her sister, to study art.[3]
Personal life
She was a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Radcliffe College. Her mother was feminist reformer and novelist Cornelia James Cannon, and her father was Walter Bradford Cannon, a professor at Harvard University. She was sister of Wilma Cannon Fairbank, an historian of Chinese art. She was married for thirty years to Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.; their daughter, Christina Schlesinger, is a painter. She died on October 14, 2017, at the age of 105 years, 31 days in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[4][5]
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