Marjorie ORGAN, daughter of (parents unknown); born 03 December 1887, Ireland; died of cancer at age 46, July 1930, New York; buried (cemetery & place unknown).
SEEKING additinal details of her life: parents, place of burial, etc.
Marjorie married in May 1908, (place uncertain; possibly NY) to Robert HENRI (aka Robert Henry Cozad). They had no known children.
Robert was a renowned potrait artist and painted a number of oil paintings of Marjorie.
EXCERPTS OF HER LIFE
*"Marjorie Organ, one of the first female artists to plant a flag in the world of newspaper funnies, was a gorgeous creature if not an overly gifted cartoonist. When she started producing comics for Hearst's New York Evening Journal in 1902 at the tender age of 16, no doubt the job was easily secured after a little flirting with a swooning editor. Her very first continuing feature was this one, Little Reggie and the Heavenly Twins. It was also her longest-running strip by a long margin, running regularly from October 27 1902 to February 3 1905. The strip was a one-note affair with pathetic little runt Reggie in thrall to a pair of twin beauties who abuse his ardor with cold calculation..."
*"In 1904 Organ began dabbling in other series for the Evening Journal, but they were all short-lived. She left the paper at the end of 1905, and about this time may have enrolled in the New York School of Art."
*"...the famed Ash Can School portraitist Robert Henri did indeed meet, paint, woo, and wed the beauteous Marjorie Organ in 1908 and that was the end of her newspaper career. Marjorie Henri did continue to dabble in art after she married but primarily seems to have played entertainment director to Robert's never-ending string of portrait subjects."
*"On June 7, 1908 the New York Times reported their marriage. Robert Henri, head of the New York School of Art, it was announced yesterday, was married on May 5 to Miss Marjorie Organ, who was a pupil at the art school. The ceremony was performed in Connecticut, according to Mrs. Henri, the artist's mother, by a Roman Catholic priest, but the bride's mother was not present." [OTHER REPORTS indicate they were not married in Connecticut, that it was fabricted information; their actual date & place of marriage is currently unconfirmed - GJOT 11/11/2012]
"Mr. Henri is a widower, his first wife having died about two years ago. He is 42 years old and is noted in art circles for the originality of his ideas and his refusal
to be bound by conventions."
"His wife is 21 and has been doing illustrating work for the newspapers. She has been a pupil at the New York Art School ...
Their names do not appear in the 1910 census. The reason may have been that they were away in Europe; a passenger list records their return to New York on October 20, 1910. In 1920 they lived at 10 Gramercy Park in Manhattan; their occupation was "Artist" in the "Art" industry. Their work appeared in numerous art exhibitions."
SOURCE: by Alex Jay 12/07/2010 1:41 PM
*In 1929 Robert died of cancer, and was followed shortly after in 1930 by Marjorie, struck down by the same disease at age 46."
SOURCE: Allan Holtz, a comic strip historian presented
Tuesday, December 07, 2010: Blog by The S_ripper's Guide blog discussing the history of the American newspaper comic strip. "Obscurity of the Day: Little Reggie and the Heavenly Twins" by Marjorie ORGAN.
SEEKING additinal details of her life: parents, place of burial, etc.
Marjorie married in May 1908, (place uncertain; possibly NY) to Robert HENRI (aka Robert Henry Cozad). They had no known children.
Robert was a renowned potrait artist and painted a number of oil paintings of Marjorie.
EXCERPTS OF HER LIFE
*"Marjorie Organ, one of the first female artists to plant a flag in the world of newspaper funnies, was a gorgeous creature if not an overly gifted cartoonist. When she started producing comics for Hearst's New York Evening Journal in 1902 at the tender age of 16, no doubt the job was easily secured after a little flirting with a swooning editor. Her very first continuing feature was this one, Little Reggie and the Heavenly Twins. It was also her longest-running strip by a long margin, running regularly from October 27 1902 to February 3 1905. The strip was a one-note affair with pathetic little runt Reggie in thrall to a pair of twin beauties who abuse his ardor with cold calculation..."
*"In 1904 Organ began dabbling in other series for the Evening Journal, but they were all short-lived. She left the paper at the end of 1905, and about this time may have enrolled in the New York School of Art."
*"...the famed Ash Can School portraitist Robert Henri did indeed meet, paint, woo, and wed the beauteous Marjorie Organ in 1908 and that was the end of her newspaper career. Marjorie Henri did continue to dabble in art after she married but primarily seems to have played entertainment director to Robert's never-ending string of portrait subjects."
*"On June 7, 1908 the New York Times reported their marriage. Robert Henri, head of the New York School of Art, it was announced yesterday, was married on May 5 to Miss Marjorie Organ, who was a pupil at the art school. The ceremony was performed in Connecticut, according to Mrs. Henri, the artist's mother, by a Roman Catholic priest, but the bride's mother was not present." [OTHER REPORTS indicate they were not married in Connecticut, that it was fabricted information; their actual date & place of marriage is currently unconfirmed - GJOT 11/11/2012]
"Mr. Henri is a widower, his first wife having died about two years ago. He is 42 years old and is noted in art circles for the originality of his ideas and his refusal
to be bound by conventions."
"His wife is 21 and has been doing illustrating work for the newspapers. She has been a pupil at the New York Art School ...
Their names do not appear in the 1910 census. The reason may have been that they were away in Europe; a passenger list records their return to New York on October 20, 1910. In 1920 they lived at 10 Gramercy Park in Manhattan; their occupation was "Artist" in the "Art" industry. Their work appeared in numerous art exhibitions."
SOURCE: by Alex Jay 12/07/2010 1:41 PM
*In 1929 Robert died of cancer, and was followed shortly after in 1930 by Marjorie, struck down by the same disease at age 46."
SOURCE: Allan Holtz, a comic strip historian presented
Tuesday, December 07, 2010: Blog by The S_ripper's Guide blog discussing the history of the American newspaper comic strip. "Obscurity of the Day: Little Reggie and the Heavenly Twins" by Marjorie ORGAN.
Marjorie ORGAN, daughter of (parents unknown); born 03 December 1887, Ireland; died of cancer at age 46, July 1930, New York; buried (cemetery & place unknown).
SEEKING additinal details of her life: parents, place of burial, etc.
Marjorie married in May 1908, (place uncertain; possibly NY) to Robert HENRI (aka Robert Henry Cozad). They had no known children.
Robert was a renowned potrait artist and painted a number of oil paintings of Marjorie.
EXCERPTS OF HER LIFE
*"Marjorie Organ, one of the first female artists to plant a flag in the world of newspaper funnies, was a gorgeous creature if not an overly gifted cartoonist. When she started producing comics for Hearst's New York Evening Journal in 1902 at the tender age of 16, no doubt the job was easily secured after a little flirting with a swooning editor. Her very first continuing feature was this one, Little Reggie and the Heavenly Twins. It was also her longest-running strip by a long margin, running regularly from October 27 1902 to February 3 1905. The strip was a one-note affair with pathetic little runt Reggie in thrall to a pair of twin beauties who abuse his ardor with cold calculation..."
*"In 1904 Organ began dabbling in other series for the Evening Journal, but they were all short-lived. She left the paper at the end of 1905, and about this time may have enrolled in the New York School of Art."
*"...the famed Ash Can School portraitist Robert Henri did indeed meet, paint, woo, and wed the beauteous Marjorie Organ in 1908 and that was the end of her newspaper career. Marjorie Henri did continue to dabble in art after she married but primarily seems to have played entertainment director to Robert's never-ending string of portrait subjects."
*"On June 7, 1908 the New York Times reported their marriage. Robert Henri, head of the New York School of Art, it was announced yesterday, was married on May 5 to Miss Marjorie Organ, who was a pupil at the art school. The ceremony was performed in Connecticut, according to Mrs. Henri, the artist's mother, by a Roman Catholic priest, but the bride's mother was not present." [OTHER REPORTS indicate they were not married in Connecticut, that it was fabricted information; their actual date & place of marriage is currently unconfirmed - GJOT 11/11/2012]
"Mr. Henri is a widower, his first wife having died about two years ago. He is 42 years old and is noted in art circles for the originality of his ideas and his refusal
to be bound by conventions."
"His wife is 21 and has been doing illustrating work for the newspapers. She has been a pupil at the New York Art School ...
Their names do not appear in the 1910 census. The reason may have been that they were away in Europe; a passenger list records their return to New York on October 20, 1910. In 1920 they lived at 10 Gramercy Park in Manhattan; their occupation was "Artist" in the "Art" industry. Their work appeared in numerous art exhibitions."
SOURCE: by Alex Jay 12/07/2010 1:41 PM
*In 1929 Robert died of cancer, and was followed shortly after in 1930 by Marjorie, struck down by the same disease at age 46."
SOURCE: Allan Holtz, a comic strip historian presented
Tuesday, December 07, 2010: Blog by The S_ripper's Guide blog discussing the history of the American newspaper comic strip. "Obscurity of the Day: Little Reggie and the Heavenly Twins" by Marjorie ORGAN.
SEEKING additinal details of her life: parents, place of burial, etc.
Marjorie married in May 1908, (place uncertain; possibly NY) to Robert HENRI (aka Robert Henry Cozad). They had no known children.
Robert was a renowned potrait artist and painted a number of oil paintings of Marjorie.
EXCERPTS OF HER LIFE
*"Marjorie Organ, one of the first female artists to plant a flag in the world of newspaper funnies, was a gorgeous creature if not an overly gifted cartoonist. When she started producing comics for Hearst's New York Evening Journal in 1902 at the tender age of 16, no doubt the job was easily secured after a little flirting with a swooning editor. Her very first continuing feature was this one, Little Reggie and the Heavenly Twins. It was also her longest-running strip by a long margin, running regularly from October 27 1902 to February 3 1905. The strip was a one-note affair with pathetic little runt Reggie in thrall to a pair of twin beauties who abuse his ardor with cold calculation..."
*"In 1904 Organ began dabbling in other series for the Evening Journal, but they were all short-lived. She left the paper at the end of 1905, and about this time may have enrolled in the New York School of Art."
*"...the famed Ash Can School portraitist Robert Henri did indeed meet, paint, woo, and wed the beauteous Marjorie Organ in 1908 and that was the end of her newspaper career. Marjorie Henri did continue to dabble in art after she married but primarily seems to have played entertainment director to Robert's never-ending string of portrait subjects."
*"On June 7, 1908 the New York Times reported their marriage. Robert Henri, head of the New York School of Art, it was announced yesterday, was married on May 5 to Miss Marjorie Organ, who was a pupil at the art school. The ceremony was performed in Connecticut, according to Mrs. Henri, the artist's mother, by a Roman Catholic priest, but the bride's mother was not present." [OTHER REPORTS indicate they were not married in Connecticut, that it was fabricted information; their actual date & place of marriage is currently unconfirmed - GJOT 11/11/2012]
"Mr. Henri is a widower, his first wife having died about two years ago. He is 42 years old and is noted in art circles for the originality of his ideas and his refusal
to be bound by conventions."
"His wife is 21 and has been doing illustrating work for the newspapers. She has been a pupil at the New York Art School ...
Their names do not appear in the 1910 census. The reason may have been that they were away in Europe; a passenger list records their return to New York on October 20, 1910. In 1920 they lived at 10 Gramercy Park in Manhattan; their occupation was "Artist" in the "Art" industry. Their work appeared in numerous art exhibitions."
SOURCE: by Alex Jay 12/07/2010 1:41 PM
*In 1929 Robert died of cancer, and was followed shortly after in 1930 by Marjorie, struck down by the same disease at age 46."
SOURCE: Allan Holtz, a comic strip historian presented
Tuesday, December 07, 2010: Blog by The S_ripper's Guide blog discussing the history of the American newspaper comic strip. "Obscurity of the Day: Little Reggie and the Heavenly Twins" by Marjorie ORGAN.
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