[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 116 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                  A TRIBUTE TO MARJORIE CUTLER BISHOP

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 1, 1996

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Marjorie 
Cutler Bishop of Old Field, Long Island, NY, an internationally 
acclaimed artist who is celebrating her 100th birthday on August 23, 
1996. I urge my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to join 
me in applauding and honoring this talented painter and long-valued 
member of the Three Village community on Suffolk County's north shore.
  Marjorie Cutler Bishop was born in Rhode Island, the daughter of a 
Unitarian clergyman. As a child, Marjorie was stricken with polio, but 
her entire life she never allowed this ailment to prevent the 
realization of her dreams. In fact, Marjorie's artistic abilities first 
revealed themselves when she began to draw pictures on her leg casts. 
Later, when polio's debilitation had subsided, Marjorie learned to walk 
with braces and crutches.
  Marjorie married Arnold Bishop--literally the boy next door--and 
moved to New York, where she pursued her goal to study art at the New 
School in Manhattan. After she finished art school, Marjorie and Arnold 
spent several years traveling and living in France. During her 
lifetime, Marjorie studied with Georges Braque and sailed with Albert 
Einstein. Her work has been exhibited in galleries all over America and 
Europe, earning critical and public praise for her dimensions and for 
the quality of light that fills her paintings. Marjorie Cutler Bishop 
is acknowledged around the world as a leader in the oil-and-sand 
technique pioneered by Braque.
  Marjorie and Arnold eventually settled along Flax Pond in Old Field, 
her artistic sensibilities certainly enticed by majestic vistas along 
the Long Island Sound. In 1976, Arnold Bishop passed away and Marjorie 
continues to live in their Flax Pond home. Her involvement in the Three 
Village community has always remained strong and even today she is a 
mainstay and trustee of Setauket's Gallery North where, for many years, 
she was codirector of the prestigious Outdoor Art Show.
  During the month of August, Gallery North will exhibit a 
retrospective of Marjorie Bishop's work entitled ``Local Color'' and 
the gallery is hosting a reception for her on August 24 and on her 
centennial birthday, her friends are planning a special celebration for 
her.
  For centuries, Long Island has been a magnet for talented artists who 
have enriched our communities by sharing their wonderful artistic gifts 
with all of us. All of us on Long Island have been blessed by Marjorie 
Cutler Bishop's world-class artistic talents and I salute her on her 
100th birthday. Happy birthday, Marjorie.

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