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An early advocate of arts education, Mote was born to Quakers David and
Miriam Mendenhall Mote in 1817 near Lebanon, Ohio. His career began early as
an itinerant limner, famous by drawing a life sketch of John Quincy Adams.
Adams was in route to Cincinnati to dedicate the Mount Adams Observatory and
made a stop at the Williamson Hotel, which is now known as the Golden Lamb
Inn.
Mote moved his family to Richmond in 1864 in search of a broader audience
of patrons. He opened a studio and continued to paint portraits, sign
painting, biblical paintings and tuition from students. It was in 1869 that
he founded the Richmond Academy of Design for Women. It is reported that 541
pupils attended the academy.
It was his advocacy of art as part of the school curriculum that is his
true legacy. He managed to convince the Richmond School system to include
drawing in school eight years before the State of Indiana mandated drawing
as part of the school curriculum. This legacy helped to prepare the ground
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Born: 1817
Died: 1898 Preferred Media:
Painting
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Sources:
Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram. June 10, 1941.
Marcus Mote Started Artist’s Career Early. Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram. June 10, 1941.
Drawings of John Quincy Adams Made by Marcus Mote in 1843. ___The Magazine Antiques. March 1951. Marcus Mote
of Ohio by Hazel Spencer Phillips. ___Friends Intelligencer. Philadelphia. November 17,
1951. The Life and Art of Marcus Mote, 1817-1898 by Opal Thornburg. ___The Richmond School; Presented by Jay County
Arts Council and the Art Association of Richmond, September, 1985. Burnet, Mary Q. Art and Artists of Indiana. New York;
The Century Co., 1921.
Peat, Wilbur. Pioneer Painters of Indiana. Crawfordsville, Indiana:
The Lakeside Press, 1954.
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