American commercial artist and illustrator of children's books
Marie Schubert (1890-1983) was an American commercial artist and an illustrator of children's books in the early 20th century.
Personal life
Marie Tancre Schubert was born on July 23, 1890.[1] Her mother Catherine Bicknell Schubert (born Tancre), was born in Alabama. Her father, Wenzel Joseph Schubert was from South Moravia in what is today the Czech Republic.[2]
Schubert attended the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC. Some of her correspondence with an earlier schoolmate, Bertha Ballou, is documented in an online history of Ballou.[3] Schubert's letter from October 30, 1924 notes that her commercial artwork included department store advertising, Christmas cards, and book covers.
In 1917, Schubert married Karl Rathvon,[4] with whom she had a son, Norman, born in Washington, DC in 1920.[5] Schubert and Rathvon divorced in 1923.[6] Her later published works are often attributed to Marie Schubert Frobisher.
In July 1919, Schubert applied for membership in the American Legions USS Jacob Jones Post 2.[7]
In 1922, Schubert was reported in the Washington Times as being a purchaser of land for home building in Lyons Park, a suburb along the Washington-Virginia Railway.[8]
Schubert died in November 1983.[1]
