Ethel Mars - Exhibition History

1897

May, Annual Exhibition of Works by Students of the Cincinnati Art Academy at the Cincinnati Art Museum

• Unknown works

Spring Exhibition of Works of American Artists at the Cincinnati Art Museum

• Portrait (oil)

1898

February, Second Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago

1. 72 Portrait (painting)
2. 73 Portrait of Miss McGuffey  (painting)​

Fifth Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Cincinnati Art Museum

1. Margery (oil)
2. Portrait of Miss Saint J (oil)

June, Annual Display of the Works of Students at the Cincinnati Art Museum

• Painting of a child with a red handkerchief tied around its neck

November, Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago

1. 179 Portrait of Mrs. St. J. (oil)
2. 180 Dorothy (oil)

1899 

February, An Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed at 364 Ontario St., Chicago

1. 127 Portrait of Miss Squire ​
2. 128 Marie
3. 129 Head (Crayon) ​
4. 130 Head (Pastel)

February, Third Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed at 625 South 7th St., Springfield, Illinois (her parents’ address). Mars’ contributions were identified as the best in the collection of the exhibit, by the president of the Society of Western Artists

1. 78 Waiting ​(oil)
2. 79 Portrait of Mrs. M. (oil)

May, Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Water-Colors, Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago

1. 229 Art Student (watercolor)
2. 230 On the Bridge (watercolor)
3. 231 Bachelor Girl (pastel)

May, Sixth Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Cincinnati Art Museum

• Portrait of Miss Squire (oil)

1900

February, Fourth Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed in Springfield, Ill. ​

1. 46 Last day of school (oil)
2. 47 Portrait of Miss Squire ​(oil)

Studies from the Cincinnati Academy of Art at the Dallas School of the Fine Arts

• Portrait of Miss Squire (oil)
• Charcoal drawings

December, publication of Gertrude Smith’s The Roggie and Reggie Stories. Illustrations by Mars and Squire, Harpers & Brothers, New York

Publication of the re-edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child’s Garden of Verses, originally published in 1885. Illustrations by Mars and Squire, R.H. Russel, New York 

1901

October, Publication of the re-edition of Charles Kingsley's The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, originally published in 1856. Illustrations by Mars and Squire, R.H. Russell, New York

1902—Mars and Squire traveled to Europe

April, Thirty-fifth Annual Exhibition of the American Water-Color Society at the American Art Association Galleries, NYC—listed at 212 West Eighty-second Street, NYC

1. 235 A Caller  (watercolor)

May, Ninth Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Cincinnati Art Museum

• Figure of a Woman (oil)
• Portrait of Miss Squire (oil)

June, publication of Carolyn Wells' Children of Our Town. Illustrations by Mars and Squire, R. H. Russell, New York

August, publication of the re-edition of Charles Lamb's The Adventures of Ulysses, first published in 1808. Illustrations by Mars and Squire, R. H. Russel, New York

1903—Mars and Squire left NYC in June for France, traveling to Paris, Chartres, Germany, and Italy

January, Seventh Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago

1. 76. A portrait

January, Seventy-eighth Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design—listed at 212 West 82nd Street, NYC

1. 191 Portrait of Miss Squire (oil)
2. 254 Portrait of a Child (oil)

January, Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

1. At the Window

March, A special Exhibition of 149 Drawings for Illustration and 83 Reproductions by Miss Ethel Mars and Miss M.H. Squire at the Cincinnati Art Museum

March, Twenty-fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists at the Fine Arts Building, New York

1. Portrait of Miss Strafer (oil)

May, Tenth Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Cincinnati Art Museum—listed at 625 South Seventh St. in Springfield, Illinois

1. 56 Portrait of Miss Strafer (oil)

1904—Mars and Squire returned from France to New York City sometime that year

November, Exhibition at the Woman’s Art Club, Cincinnati

• Works unknown

December, Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, and Color Prints by Miss Ethel Mars and Miss Maud Squire at the Cincinnati Art Museum—they “set up their easels in a cozy flat, 2106 Grand Street, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, 10 minutes from the Art Academy” (Kentucky Post, December 30, 1904, p. 8)

• Callers (watercolor)
• Shoppers (watercolor)
• Theresa (chalk drawing)
• Studies of “peasants, pigs, and people” in the Schwarzwald

December, Ninth Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—active member listed at 2106 Grand Street, W.H., Cincinnati, Ohio

1. 66 Woman sewing
2. 67 Girl reading
3. 68 Woman's head (color print from wood block)
4. 69 Valley of the Tauber (color print from wood block)
5. 70 Evening (color print from wood block)
6. 71 Woman with a fan (color print from wood block)
7. 72 Fishing boats, Canarsie (color print from wood block)
8. 73 The balloon (color print from wood block)
9. 74 Rabbits (color print from wood block)
10. 75 Old horse (color print from wood block)
11. 76 A caller (color print from wood block)
12. 77 Children in the snow (color print from wood block)
13. 78 In the park (color print from wood block)
14. 79 Mice (color print from wood block)
15. 80 Frog (color print from wood block)
16. 81 Ducks (color print from wood block)

1905—Move to Paris after September

April, Second Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints, and Drawings at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

1. 205 Old Cat (oil?)
2. 458 Flamingoes (color print from wood block)
3. 459 A Caller (color print from wood block)
4. 460 Old Horse (color print from wood block)
5. 461 Evening (color print from wood block)
6. 462 Pelican (color print from wood block)
7. 463 Head (color print from wood block)
8. 464 Egrets (color print from wood block)
9. 465 Winter Evening (color print from wood block)

May, Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of Watercolors, pastels, and  miniatures by American Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed at 625 South Seventh St. in Springfield, Illinois

1. 263 Head
2. 264 Callers
3. 265 Women in a Carriage
4. 266 Theresa (chalk drawing)
5. 267 Tiger (color print)
6. 268 Macaws (color print)
7. 269 Misty Morning (color)
8. 270 A Winter Day (color print)
9. 271 Crown Cranes (color print)
10. 272 In the Park (color print)
11. 273 Winter Evening (color print)

May, Twelfth Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Cincinnati Museum—on the Jury, listed at 625 South Seventh St. Springfield, Illinois

1. 172 The Peacock Fan (oil)
2. 173 Tiger (color print from wood block)
3. 174 Misty Morning (color print from wood block)
4. 175 Spanish Lady ((color print from wood block)
5. 177 Macaws (color print from wood block)
6. 178 Crowned Cranes (color print from wood block)
7. 179 Winter Evening (color print from wood block) 

June, Ninth Annual Exhibition at the Art Association of Richmond Indiana, Garfield School Building—listed at E. 625 S. 7th St., Springfield, Illinois

1. 63 Girl Knitting (oil)
2. 64 Portrait of a Child (oil)
3. 65 Woman with a Fan (color print from wood-block)
4. 66 Crowned Cranes (color print from wood-block)
5. 67 Macaws (color print from wood-block)
6. 68 Fishing Boats, Canarsie (color print from wood-block)
7. 69 Ducks (color print from wood-block)
8. 70 Flamingoes (color print from wood-block)
9. 71 Children in the Snow (color print from wood-block)
10. 72 Winter Day (color print from wood-block)
11. 73 Misty Morning (color print from wood-block)
12. 74 Egrets (color print from wood-block)
13. 75 Tiger (color print from wood-block)
14. 76 Group of Egrets (color print from wood-block)

December, Tenth Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—active member listed at 625 S. 7th Street, Springfield, Illinois

1. 92 Macaws (color prints from wood blocks)
2. 93 Crowned cranes (color prints from wood blocks)
3. 94 Group of egrets (color prints from wood blocks)
4. 95 Egrets (color prints from wood blocks)
5. 96 Misty morning (color prints from wood blocks)
6. 97 Tiger (color prints from wood blocks)

1906

March, Third Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints, and Drawings at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts—listed at 625 South 7th St., Springfield, Illinois,

1. 101 In the Park
2. 102 A Snow-storm
3. 103 The Balloon
4. 104 Children in the Snow
5. 105 Valley of the Tauber
6. 151 Pig
7. 152 Group of Egrets
8. 153 Canarsie
9. 154 The Noon Hour
10. 155 Woman with a Dog
11. 156 Fishing Boats: Canarsie
12. 163 Tiger
13. 164 Crowned Cranes
14. 165 Frog
15. 177 A Winter Day
16. 179 Restaurant: Canarsie
17. 180 Woman with a Fan
18. 181 A Street-corner
19. 182 Ducks
20. 183 Poplar Trees

May, Exhibit of Watercolors, Pastels, and Miniatures by American Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed at 625 South Seventh St. in Springfield, Illinois

1. 219 In the Parc (color print from wood block)
2. 220 A Winter Day (color print from wood block)
3. 221 Flower Stand (color print from wood block)
4. 222 Street Scene (color print from wood block)
5. 223 Fishing Boats, Canarsie (color print from wood block)
6. 224 A Woman with a Dog (color print from wood block)
7. 225 Restaurant, Canarsie (color print from wood block)
8. 226 The Noon Hour (color print from wood block)

October, Salon d’automne—listed at 39 bd. St. Jacques, Paris 

1. 1138  Le vieux Cheval (gravure)
2. 1139  En Visite (gravure)
3. 1140  Dame et Chien (gravure)
4. 1141  Restaurant (gravure)
5. 1142  Crépuscule (gravure)
6. 1143  Grues couronnées (gravure)
7. 1144  Le Ballon (gravure)
8. 1145  Les Canards (gravure)
9. 1146  Les Flamants (gravure)
10. 1147  Bateaux de pêche (gravure)

1907

February, American Woman’s Art Association at the Girls’ Art Club, Paris

• Nine color wood block prints

March, Vingt-neuvième Exposition de la société des aquarellistes français at the Galerie Georges Petit, 8 rue de Sèze, 9th arrondissement, Paris

• Unknown works

April, Fourth Annual Exhibition of Watercolors at the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts—also Schille, Boies-Hopkins, Squire; listed at 718 South Fourth Street, Springfield, Illinois

1. 407 Evening : Gutachthal
2. 408 A Rainy Day : Wolfach
3. 409 Reflections : Chioggia
4. 410 The Ferry-House
5. 411 A Foot Bridge: Gutachthal
6. 412 A Fog : Rimini

April, Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts

1. 818  Dame au perroquet (peinture)
2. 1730 Le phare, Rimini (bois, estampes en couleurs)
3. 1731 En Italie (bois, estampes en couleurs)

May, Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of American Art at the Cincinnati Art Museum—listed at 718 S. Fourth St., Springfield, Illinois (new address of her parents)

1. 215 Bridge, Chioggia (color print)
2. 216 Fishing Boats, Rimini (color print)
3. 217 A Fog, Rimini (color print)
4. 218 The Light-house, Rimini (color print)
5. 219 Evening, Gutachthal (color print)
6. 220 Rowboats, Lucerne (color print)
7. 221 A Foot Bridge, Gutachthal (color print)
8. 222 At the Wharf, Rimini (color print)
9. 223 Farmhouse, Gutachthal (color print)
10. 224 Rainy Day, Wolfach (color print)

October Salon d’automne—Sociétaire and on the jury for engravings; listed at 39 bd. St. Jacques, Paris

1. 1215 Attelage, Vitré (gravure)
2. 1216 Chevaux bretons (gravure)
3. 1217 Cheval et Tombereau (gravure)
4. 1218 Cheval, Vitré (gravure)
5. 1219 Au Quai, Concarneau (gravure)
6. 1220 Filets à Sardines (gravure)
7. 1221 Bateau de Pêche, Concarneau (gravure)
8. 1222 Bateau de Pêche Breton (gravure)

December, Twelfth Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—active member listed in Cincinnati, Ohio

1. 86 The Girl in White, pensive woman seated facing the spectator, with hands folded in her lap

December, Fifth Annual Exhibition of Watercolors at the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts—listed at 718 South Fourth Street, Springfield, Illinois

1. 268 Horse: Vitre
2. 269 Breton Cart-horse
3. 270 Breton Fishing-boat
4. 271 Sardine Nets, Concarneau
5. 272 Fishing-boat, Concarneau
6. 273 At the Quay, Concarneau
7. 274 Horse and Cart
8. 275 Cart-horses

1908

La Maison Marguery (restaurant, hotel, café, and store located at 1, rue d’Hauteville in the 10th arrondissement of Paris)—menu for the annual dinner of the general assembly (cited in Très Complémentaires, p. 17)

• La Coiffeuse

February, American Woman’s Art Association at the Girls’ Art Club, Paris

• Wood block prints

April, Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts—several Girls’ Art Club women were also exhibiting: Letta Crapo-Smith; Minerva Chapman; Elizabeth Nourse; Lucy-Lee Robbins; Eleanor Norcross; Frances Quarle Thomason; Mary MacMonnies; Edna Boies-Hopkins; Anne Estelle Rice

1. 782  Femme et singe (peinture)
2. 1784 Vautours (estampe en couleurs)
3. 1785 Vautours, le soir (estampe en couleurs)

May, Twentieth Annual Exhibition of Watercolors, Pastels, and Miniatures by American Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed at 718 S. 4th St., Springfield, IL

1. 164 Cart Horses (color print)
2. 165 At the Quay, Concarneau (color print)
3. 166 Horse and Cart (color print)
4. 167 Breton Cart Horse (color print)
5. 168 Sardine Nets, Concarneau (color print)
6. 169 Breton Fishing Boats (color print)
7. 170 Fishing Boat, Concarneau (color print)
8. 171 Horse, Vitré (color print)

October, Salon d’Automne—Sociétaire

1. 1351  Bateaux de pêche (gravure)
2. 1352  Oiseaux (gravure)
3. 1353  Marée basse (gravure)
4. 1354  Sur le quai (gravure)
5. 1355  Concarneau (gravure)
6. 1356  La pianiste (gravure)
7. 1357  A la porte des halles (peinture)

December, Sixth Annual Exhibition of Watercolors at the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts—listed at Williams Blvd., Washington Park, Springfield, Illinois

1. 508 On the Quai
2. 509 Birds
3. 510 Vultures
4. 511 Low Tide: Concarneau
5. 512 Farmhouse
6. 513 Vultures: Evening
7. 514 Paris Cab Driver
8. 521 Schiltach: Black Forest

1909

January, Thirteenth Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—active member listed in Springfield, Illinois. In the St. Louis exhibition, she had won the Wednesday Club’s silver medal for her painting The Lady and the Monkey

1. 82 Woman with a Jaguar ​(oil)
2. 83 Woman with a Monkey (oil)

February, American Woman’s Art Association at the Girls’ Art Club, Paris

• Concarneau
• La Baie de Fouesnan

April, Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts

1. 811 Femme en bleu (peinture)
2. 812 Femme à la plume rouge (peinture)
3. 1515 Portrait de Mlle J... (dessin / aquarelle / pastel / miniature / carton)
4. 1516 Portrait de Mlle P... (dessin / aquarelle / pastel / miniature / carton)
5. 2229 Grues couronnées (gravure)
6. 2230 Tigre (gravure)

October, Salon d’Automne—on the Jury and Sociétaire. Showed 27 works, including a portrait of Alice Toklas and of Squire - the most showing extensive of any American.

1. 1136 Femmes en noir (peinture)
2. 1137 Femme en blanc (peinture)
3. 1138 Femme aux gants noirs (peinture)
4. 1139 Esquisse, Concarneau (peinture)
5. 1140 Est-ce qu’il, Concarneau (peinture)
6. 1141 Esquisse, Concarneau (peinture)
7. 1142 Esquisse Concarneau (peinture)
8. 1143 Esquisse Concarneau (peinture)
9. 1144 La chaise blanche (aquarelle)
10. 1145 La chaise, rouge (aquarelle)
11. 1146 Mine de charbon  (aquarelle)
12. 1147 Vache (aquarelle)
13. 1148 Rhinocéros (aquarelle)
14. 1149 Tigre (aquarelle)
15. 1150 Grenouille (aquarelle)
16. 1151 Effet des neige (gravure)
17. 1152 Jour d’hiver (gravure)
18. 1153 Femme à l’éventail (gravure)
19. 1154 Vieille maison, Forêt-Noire (gravure)
20. 1155 Cocher (gravure)
21. 1156 Maison au peuplier (gravure)
22. 1157 Pélican (gravure)
23. 1158 Reflets, chiogga (gravure)
24. 1159 Bâteaux de pêche, Rimini (gravure)
25. 1160 Bâteaux de pêche Remini (gravure),
26. 1161 Bâteaux de pêche (gravure)
27. 1162 Bâteaux de pêche, Remini (gravure)

October, Twenty-second Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculptures by American Artists—listed at 39 bd. St. Jacques, Paris

1. 172 The woman with the red feather. (Paris Salon, S. A. F., 1909)

1910

January, Exhibition of the Société des Beaux art de Nice Salon

• Two Concarneau landscapes

January, One Hundred and Fifth Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts—listed at 616 East Scarritt Street, Springfield, Illinois

1. 113 Woman with a Monkey (oil)
2. 116 Woman with a Jaguar (oil)

February, Fourteenth Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed as an active member in Springfield, IL

1. 77 The woman with the red feather

February, American Woman’s Art Association at the Girls’ Art Club, Paris—formally inaugurated by Ambassador Bacon; served on the hanging committee with Boies-Hopkins and Squire. Anne Goldthwaite was President and Squire was Vice-President of the AWAA. Also exhibited were: Constance Bigelow; Mildred B. Copeland; Anne Goldthwaite; Alice McClure; Maud Murray; Maud Squire; Grace Uhl; Katharine Kimball; Emma Parker; Anne Rice; Anna Richardson; A. Walker. Watercolors: Frances Lea; Elsie Pattee; Anne Rice; Mary Wesselhoeft; Amalie Deady. Sculpture: Amanda Austin; Elizabeth Edmond; Grace Johnson; Alice Wright. Miniatures: Joan Osborne; Anna Watson; M858ary Wyatt… and many others (cf. New York Times, February 20, 1910, p. 42).

• Color sketch of the entrance to a coal mine
• Several Parisian scenes

April, Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts—listed at 39 bd. St. Jacques, Paris

1. 858 Jeune fille (which according to the New York Times (February 27, 1910, p. 42) is a decorative portrait of Maud Squire.

October, Salon d’Automne—liste as Sociétaire at 39 bd. Saint-Jacques

1. 816 Espagnoles (gravure sur bois)
2. 817 Paysannes (gravure sur bois)
3. 818 Forêt Noire (paysage, peinture)
4. 819 Gardeuse de porcs (peinture)
5. 820 Frère et sœur (peinture)

October, Twenty-third Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculptures by American Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed at 39 bd. St. Jacques, Paris

1. 149 A young girl (oil)

1911

February, 106th Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts—listed at 1516 South Sixth Street, Springfield, Illinois

1. 166 Woman in Blue (oil)

February, American Woman’s Art Association at the Girls’ Art Club, Paris

• 2 portraits of women, including of her artist friend Miss McClure

April, Salon de la société nationale des beaux-arts

1. 913 Portrait d'enfant (peinture)

April, Fifteenth Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed in Springfield, Illinois

1. 105 A Young girl (oil)

October, Salon d’Automne—Sociétaire

1. 1060 Enfants (forêt noire, peinture)
2. 1061 Girafe (pastel)
3. 1062 Bouc (pastel)
4. 1063 Vautours (pastel)

November, Twenty-fourth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by Contemporary American Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—Numerous women from the Girls’ Art Club exhibition: e.g. Florence Esté, Grace Gassette, Lee Lufkin Kaula, Anna Ladd, Elizabeth Nourse, Olga Popoff,  Janet Scudder. Also shown: 84 terra cotta sculpture of Miss Ethel Mars by Jo Davidson, known for his portrait-sculptures of Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, etc. The same sculpture was shown in January 1910 at Brooklyn Institute Museum)

1. 232 Portrait of a child (oil)

November, Le huitième salon de la gravure originale en couleurs, “La Comédie humaine” at the Galerie Georges Petit, 8 rue de Sèze, 9th arrondissement, Paris, 

• Pastels representing animals from the Jardin des Plantes

1912

January, Exhibition organized by the female artist Association “Les Quelques” at the Galerie Brunner, 11 rue Royale in the 8th arrondissement, Paris

• Unknown works

February, American Woman's Art Association at the Girls' Art Club in Paris

• Exceptionally, this year residents and students were not represented in the loan exhibition of works by American and European artists (except for Esté, Nourse, and Goldthwaite)

March,  Sixteenth Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—active member listed in Paris, France

1. 77 Flamingoes (pastel)
2. 78 Vultures (pastel)

April, Salon de la société nationale des beaux-arts—named Sociétaire

1. 921 L'Enfant au châle (peinture)

May, Nineteenth Exhibition of American Art, Cincinnati Art Museum—listed at 39 bd. St Jacques

1. 58 Portrait of a Child (oil)
2. 59 Woman in Blue (oil)

October, Salon d’Automne—on the Jury

1. 1135 Enfants, Forêt Noire (peinture)
2. 1136 Éléphant (pastel)
3. 1137 Hippopotames (pastel)
4. 1138 Flamants (pastel)
5. 1139 Pélican (pastel)
6. 1140 Vautours (gravure)
7. 1141 Bateau de pêche (gravure)

November, Société de la gravure sur bois originale : première exposition at the Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan—listed at 39 bd. St. Jacques, Paris; Edna Boies-Hopkins also exhibited, and Squire.

1. 167 Grues couronnées
2. 168 Restaurant
3. 169 Canards
4. 170 Flamants
5. 171 Bâteaux de pêche
6. 172 Le Ballon
7. 173 Femme à l’éventail
8. 174 Le vieux cheval
9. 175 Dame et chien
10. 176 Crépuscule

November, Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed at 39 bd. St. Jacques

1. 159 The child with the shawl (oil)

December, Seventeenth Annual Rotary Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—active member listed at 1516 S. 6th St., Springfield, Ill.

1. 58 Elephants
2. 59 Flamingoes
3. 60 Vultures

December, Fourth Exhibition of Paintings by Contemporary American Artists at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.—listed at 39 bd. St. Jacques, Paris

1. 223 L’enfant au Châle (oil)

December, Salon La Comédie Humaine at the Galerie George Petit, rue de Sèze, 8th arrondissement

• Watercolors

1913

February, American Woman’s Art Association at the Girls’ Art Club, Paris

• Group of color woodcuts

March, Deuxième Salon des dessinateurs humoriste at rue de la Boétie

• Dame avec son Chien

April, Salon de la société nationale des beaux-arts

1. 859 Une enfant (peinture)

October, Dixième Salon de la gravure en couleurs

• Unknown works

October, Salon d’Automne—Sociétaire

1. 1440 Enfant et canards (gravure)
2. 1441 Le Serin (gravure)
3. 1442 Les Volets verts (gravure)
4. 1443 La Terrasse (gravure)
5. 1444 Avril (gravure)
6. 1445 Au Jardin (gravure)

November, Twenty-sixth Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed in Paris

1. 226 Portrait: a child (oil)

November, Dixième Salon annuel de la gravure originale en couleurs at the Galerie Georges Petit, 8 rue de Sèze, 9th arrondissement, Paris

• Nounous, petites filles et dames lisant

1914—Mars and Squire return to the U.S.

February, American Woman’s Art Association at the Girls’ Art Club, Paris—part of the hanging committee, together with Squire and Boies

• Group of color woodcuts

March, Quatrième Salon des dessinateurs humoristes at rue de la Boétie

• Estampes japonisantes

November Twenty-fifth Annual Exhibition of the New York Watercolor Club at the American Fine Arts Building—listed at 648 Madison Ave.; Ada Gilmore also exhibited

1. 315 On the Seashore, Paris Plage
2. 321 In the Garden, “Le Touguet” [probably “Le Touquet”]
3. 497 Nursemaid and Baby
4. 503 Nursemaid, “Étaples”

1915

May, Twenty-Seventh Exhibition of Watercolors, pastels, and miniatures by American Artists at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed at 629 W. Prairie Ave., Decatur, Illinois, her parents’ new address

1. 218 Spring Time
2. 219 The Dansant
3. 220 Early Morning
4. 221 Printing a Wood Block

July, First Annual Exhibition of the Provincetown Art Association at Town Hall

1. 116 A Caller (Block Print)
2. 118 Summer Garden (Block Print)
3. 119 Lawn Party (Block Print)
4. 117 A Hillside (Block Print)

August, First Annual Exhibition of the Provincetown Art Association at Town Hall

1. 96 A Caller (Block Print)
2. 97 A Hillside (Block Print)

November, Thirteenth Philadelphia Annual Water Color Exhibition and the Fourteenth Exhibition of Miniatures at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts—listed at 188 Bradford Street, Provincetown, Massachusetts

1. 378 The Pianist (Wood and Block Color Print).
2. 385 Summer Garden (Wood-block ColorPrint).
3. 392 Tango Tea (Wood-block Color Print).
4. 739 A Caller (Color Print from Wood-block)

1916

May, Berlin Photographic Company, New York City: group exhibition, including Rudolph Ruzicka, Juliette Nichols, Ada Gilmore, Florence Ivins, Edna Bois Hopkins, Margaret Patterson, Mildred McMillen, B.J.O Nordfeldt, Mary Bacon Jones, Elizabeth Colwell, etc. 

• The Village 

May, Exhibition in Ambrose Webster’s studio, Provincetown

• Unknown works

May, Exhibition by the Guild of Allied Arts of Block Prints and Wood Engravings assembled by Gustav Baumann at the Art Institute of Chicago. 115 prints.

• Unknown works

July, Provincetown Art Association Second Annual Exhibition 

• The Village (wood block print)
• After the Sea Bath (wood block print)

November, Twenty-seventh Exhibition of the New York Water Color Club at the Fine Arts Building—a reporter from The Philadelphia Inquirer (November 12, 1916, p. 34) complained of too many imitations of Mars and Schille.

• Nursemaid and several others

December, Tenth Annual exhibition of the National Society of Craftsmen at the Galleries of the National Arts Club

• Rag-woven studio-hangings

December, Exhibition at the Architecture Building in Seattle—collection assembled by Andrew Willatzer, head of the exhibition committee of Seattle and included Mars, Squire, Bertha Lum, Helen Hyde, Mildred MacMillan, Mary Bacon Jones, Rudolf Ruzicka, Elizabeth Colwell, Gustav Bauman, Ada Gilmore, 

1917

April, First Annual Exhibition of Painters-Gravers of America at 26 West 58th Street, New York–over 200 prints

• Unknown works

July, Third Annual Exhibition of the Provincetown Art Association

1. 109 Nurse Maid, Étaples
2. 110 The Beach
3. 111 Rover (Block print)
4. 112 Village Street (Block print)
5. 113 Boat (Block print)
6. 114 Conant Street (Block print)

August, Third Annual Exhibition of the Provincetown Art Association

• Nursemaid

September, Gallery-on-the-Moors

• Assortment of bags, belts, rugs dyed by herself

November, New York Water Color Club exhibit

• Unknown works

1918

January, Special Exhibition of Prints from the Society of Painter-Gravers of America at the Cincinnati Art Museum

• Montello Square
• Provincetown
• Hillside
• Back Yards

January, Exhibition of Modern Applied Arts, under the auspices of the Department of Fine Arts at the Carnegie Institute

• Unknown works

June, Ehrich Galleries, New York

• Unknown works

July, Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Provincetown Art Association—that same year saw the formation of the Provincetown Printers, with which she was closely associated. On the Jury.

• An Interior
• A Dancer

1919 

April, Chicago Society of Etchers Exhibition of Etchings and Block Prints at the Art Institute of Chicago—listed as Provincetown, Massachusetts

1. 242 After the Bath
2. 243 Vaudeville
3. 244 A Dancer
4. 245 The Rose Shawl

July, Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Provincetown Art Association at Town Hall 

1. 78. Woman with a Fan
2. 79. Portrait of Miss Gilmore

October, Exhibition of Rag Tapestries by the Provincetown Art Association

• 3 studio hangings

October, Eighteenth Annual Applied Arts Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Fifteen entries: belts, bags, wall hanging

December, Exhibition of Woodblock Prints in Color by American Artists at the Detroit Institute of Arts—traveled throughout various cities in eight important museums in 1920, including, among others,  Baumann, Boies-Hopkins, Hyde, Lazell, Lum, Nordfeldt, Patterson, Ruzicka, Squire.

1. 100 Springtime
2. 101 A Garden Party
3. 102 Parasols
4. 103 On a Balcony

1920

January, Exhibition of Wood Block Prints at the Boston Arts Club

• Old Boat
• Springtime
• A Hillside
• Montello Street

May, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis

• A Garden Party
• Parasols
• On a Balcony
• Springtime

July, Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Provincetown Art Association—on the Jury and Hanging Committee

1. 52. Lady with Flowers-Block Print
2. 53. Lady with Fan-Block Print

July, Display of Color Prints at the Print Rooms on 540 Sutter Street, San Francisco

• Unknown works

September, Exhibition of Wood Block Prints, organized by the Fine Arts Department at the Alumnae Hall of Mills College, Oakland, California.

• Unknown works

1921—Mars and Squire return to France

January, Exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs—Squire and Edna Boies Hopkins participating.

• Unknown works

March, Chicago Arts Club

• The Café
• The Bath

April, Exhibition at the Brown Robertson Gallery in New York City, featuring woodblock prints with the Provincetown Printers

• Her print The Green Cape was among the highlights

July, Third Exhibition of the Art of Block Printing, Provincetown, Mass

• Unknown works

August, Exhibition of Japanese Wood Block Prints, Gallery XIV, Cleveland Museum of Art—mention of Mars, Ruzika, Hyde, Patterson, Bauman as names at the foreground of wood block prints.

• Unknown works

Galerie Georges Petit, 8 rue de Sèze, 9th arrondissement, Paris— the French State reportedly acquired her work On a Balcony, a significant recognition of her artistic merit

October, Autumn Salon

• Engravings
• The Three Women (painting)

1922

January, Exhibition of the Société de la Gravure sur Bois Original at the Musée des Arts décoratifs—Squire and Edna Boies Hopkins participated.

• The Hillside
• The Garden
• Village Street
• Village Houses

June, Mars was re-elected associate member of the Société nationale des beaux-arts
November, Salon d’automne—listed as Sociétaire à la gravure at 34 rue St.-Louis, Vernon (Eure)

1. 1697 Le Village (painting)
2. 1698 Vaches (painting)
3. 1699 Au Balcon (painting)
4. 1700 Bouquet (painting)

1923

April, Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts (?)

• Painting

November, Autumn Salon—listed as Sociétaire at 34 rue St-Louis, Vernon (Eure)

1. 1349 Fleurs (painting)
2. 1350 Fleurs (painting)
3. 1351 Fleurs (painting)
4. 1352 Fleurs (painting)
5. 1353 Fleurs (painting)
6. 1354 Fleurs (painting)

1924

November, Autumn Salon

• Tasse de thé
• Floral painting

1925

September, Autumn Salon

• Two tableaux of flowers

Second Modern Exhibition of the Provincetown Art Association

• Spring

1926

November, Autumn Salon

• Unknown works

1927

November, Autumn Salon

• Roses (painting)
• Rose rouge (painting)
• Rug with two lovers walking sentimentally along a path
• Rug with flowers and other objects on a dark background

December, Galerie Carmine, 51 rue de Seine, Paris

• A dozen oil paintings, including a flowerpot of blooming fuchsia placed on a windowsill, with a landscape in the background reminiscent of Cape Cod; another showing a pot of roses and white Easter lilies set against a sheer white curtain.
• Three wool rugs, woven with needle on canvas: One with a floral design on an amethyst ground, featuring a loose bouquet of roses, bluebells, and other blossoms; a butterfly with closed wings rests on one flower. Another depicts two lovers strolling along a flowered path: the woman carries a basket of flowers, while her companion—dressed in close-fitting breeches, a long coat, and a stock—leans toward her, offering a nosegay wrapped in perforated paper.

Between 1926 and 1927, Mars decorated a room with rugs and “pictures” for artist William Edward Cook in his cubic house designed by Le Corbusier—known as Villa Cook or Maison Cook—located at 6 rue Denfert-Rochereau in Boulogne-sur-Seine (now Boulogne-Billancourt, on the outskirts of Paris). Cook was a close friend of Gertrude Stein.

1928

November, Salon d’automne

• Mars exhibits two canvases that appear to be designs for tapestries/two Nice paintings

1929

October, Salon d’automne

• Painting

1930

November, Salon d’automne—listed as Sociétaire at La Farigoule, Vence (Alpes-Maritimes)

• Did not exhibit

1932

April, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts membres section.

• Painting

June, Exhibition of the American Women’s Club of Paris at the Galerie Zak, St. Germain des Prés

• Unknown works

October, Autumn Salon

• Le port (painting)
• L’Été (painting)

1933

May, Salon des Tuileries

• Unknown works

October, Autumn Salon

• Two female portraits (paintings)

1934

October, Autumn Salon—

• Girl with a Parrot (painting)
• Girl with a Fan (painting)

1935

November, Salon d’automne—listed as Sociétaire at La Farigoule, Chemin St. Michel, Vence