Marian Spore Bush

Marian Spore Bush (born Flora May Spore, October 22, 1878 – February 24, 1946) was an American dentist, painter, and wife of industrial tycoon Irving T. Bush. She left her successful Michigan dental practice for a studio in Greenwich Village, New York City, and became a self-taught painter in the 1920s.

She claimed her large surrealistic works were inspired by long-dead artists who were communicating similar to her from "beyond the veil." Her predictions of the future, her unfamiliar artwork, her ham it up with the poor in New York City's Bowery, and her late liveliness marriage to Bush incited much fascination in the national press.