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Spartali Stillman, Marie.PAINTER, MODEL (GREECE), BORN 10 Mar 1844, Edmonton, Middlesex - DIED 6 Mar 1927, London.REAL NAME Spartali, Marie GRAVE LOCATION Cremated (Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey).
Daughter of merchant Michael Spartali, who had been Greek consul in London. She was educated by Ford Madox Ford from 1864-1870, together with his daughters Catherine and Lucy. The Pre-Raphaelites called her a 'stunner' because of her looks and Burne-Jones and Rossetti employed her as a model.Her sister Christina also became a model.Against the wishes of her family she married the American journalist W.J. Stillman, who worked as a diplomat at the time. They had three children. In 1878 they went to Florence and later they moved to Rome.From 1867 she exhibited at the Royal Academy. Later she exhibited regularly at Grosvenor Gallery and in the USA, but she sold little paintings. Her daugher Effie and her step-daughter Lisa also became artists and her son Michael was an architect. She died in England.