When did Margaret Bogardus live?

Margaret Bogardus lived from 1804 to 1878.

What movement was Margaret Bogardus part of?

Margaret Bogardus was part of the American Folk Art movement.

Where can I see paintings by Margaret Bogardus?

Paintings by Margaret Bogardus are held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Margaret Bogardus · Paintings, Biography & Famous Works

American, 1804–1878

Margaret Bogardus was an American American Folk Art painter. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art, most of them watercolors.

Margaret Maclay Bogardus (1804 – 1878) was an American miniature painter.

Scottish by birth, the daughter of the Reverend Archibald Maclay, Margaret Maclay emigrated to the United States in 1805, marrying James Bogardus in 1831. For awhile after their marriage, Bogardus' paintings supported her husband, an inventor who would become known for his cast-iron buildings. In 1942, she became one of the first female members of the National Academy of Design, where she would exhibit until 1846.

Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington. She was interred with her husband at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.