Background
Reitzel, Marques E. was born on March 13, 1896 in Fulton, Indiana, United States. Son of Marques Daniel and Martha Margaret (Quincy) Reitzel.
Reitzel, Marques E. was born on March 13, 1896 in Fulton, Indiana, United States. Son of Marques Daniel and Martha Margaret (Quincy) Reitzel.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1935. Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1937, Doctor of Philosophy, 1941.
Head art department Rockford College, 1927-1938. Director Rockford Art Association, 1927-1936, Springfield (Illinois) Museum and School, 1926. Director Studio School Art, Chicago, 1925-1926.
Head department art San Jose (California) State College since 1938.
A founder and director Pescadero (California) Summer School Art, 1948, president of the board of trustees since 1948. Regular exhibitor: Hoosier Salon (Chicago), Chicago Galleries Association, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1926-1936.
One man shows: Santa Barbara Museum, University of Southern California, Maxwell Galleries (San Francisco), Chicago Galleries, et cetera Paintings owned by private, public collections.
Representative in The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Colorado State College Education, Rockford (Illinois) College, et cetera
Received Edward B. Butler purchase prize The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1927, 28, Frank G. Logan medal and prize, 1927, Muncie Star prize, Hoosier Salon, 1929, 1st honorable mention, Hoosier Salon Exhibition, 1939, honorable mention, Best landscape, 1940, Gold medal Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago, 1934, purchase prize Chicago Galleries Association, 1937, 1st purchase prize 1939, honorable mention, All California Exhibition, Santa Cruz, 1941, 1st honorable mention, for landscape, 1945, prize for most popular painting, San Jose Art League, 1941.
Member American College Society Print Collectors (national chairman), Indiana Society Chicago, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Western Chicago societies artists, Chicago Galleries Association, Delta Phi Delta (honorary. Member, Western division). Clubs: Press and Union League (San Francisco).
Married Nell Winslow Thompson, 1944. Children: Marques Robert, Barbara Nell (Mistress Robert C. Cheim).