Marie Porter
Other
15.0 x 18.0 cm
Museum of Fine Arts
罗伯特·普里塞曼(1965 –)
Robert Priseman (生于1965年) 是一位英国艺术家,通过具有挑衅性的绘画作品探索死刑与记忆等黑暗的社会政治主题。其作品曾入选维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆 (V&A) 及皇家收藏馆。
Museum of Fine Arts (Tallahassee, United States of America)
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37-year-old Marie Porter was the first woman to die in the electric chair in Illinois and only the second woman to be executed there.She had ordered the murder of her brother, William Kappan on the 13th July 1937, in Belleville, Illinois, after he had refused to make Marie the sole beneficiary of his $3,300 life insurance policy. Marie hired 22-year-old Angelo Giancola, allegedly her lover, and his 20-year old brother John Giancola to help her. At trial in St. Clair Circuit Court, Angelo Giancola admitted firing the fatal shots and Marie was subsequently convicted of conspiracy to murder. Angelo was convicted of 1st degree murder.Marie Porter was electrocuted at the Southern Illinois State Penitentiary in Chester on the 28th January 1938.
关于此作品
- 标题: Marie Porter
- 艺术家: 罗伯特·普里塞曼
- 原尺寸: 15.0 x 18.0 cm
- 版权状态: 版权保护中
- 所在地: Museum of Fine Arts
- 运动感: Other
- 语料上下文: 1930s , female agency – dark narrative
- 关键词: intense portrait” , serious portrait art , illinois execution art