Martha Beck
15.0 x 18.0 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Robert Priseman (1965 –)
Robert Priseman (né en 1965) est un artiste britannique explorant des thèmes socio-politiques sombres tels que la peine de mort et la mémoire à travers des peintures provocantes. Présent au V&A, à la Collection Royale.
Musée des Beaux-Arts (Tallahassee, États-Unis)
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Martha Beck was born Martha Jule Seabrook on the 6th May 1920, in Milton, Florida.By 1947 she had two children by two different men, neither one wanting anything to do with her. She placed an advertisement in a lonely-hearts column in 1947, which was answered by Raymond Fernandez. Fernandez visited Martha in Florida and she eventually moved with him to New York. Fernandez regularly answered lonely-hearts ads to meet women, who he then robbed when the relationship soured. He revealed his scheme to Martha and she decided to collaborate, posing as his sister or sister in law. But she grew to become jealous and angry if he had sex with his victims. In 1949 she found Fernandez in bed with one such candidate, Janet Fay, and she smashed her skull with a hammer.Beck was sentenced to death by electrocution in Sing Sing prison, New York, on the 7th March 1951.
À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: Martha Beck
- Artiste: Robert Priseman
- Dimensions originales: 15.0 x 18.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- État du droit d'auteur: Protégé par le droit d'auteur
- Où l'admirer: Musée des Beaux-Arts
- Teinte de couleur: Warm Sunset Tones
- Intensité des couleurs: Monochromatic