Although born in South Carolina, Martha Simkins is most strongly affiliated with Texas, and is best known for her paintings of interiors with figures, still life, and portraits.
She was the daughter of Eliza (Trescott) and Judge Eldred J. Simkins. Following the Civil War, carpetbaggers displaced the family from their land, when Martha was still a child. They moved for a short time to Monticello, Florida, before finally settling in Corsicana, Texas, around 1871.
Around 1893, Simkins (showing 500 of 3088 characters). |
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