Mary Nohl Art Environment (Fox Point, Wisconsin)

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7328 N Beach Dr Tucked away on a wooded lot on the shore of Lake Michigan is the delightfully embellished home and sculpture garden of artist Mary Nohl. When the Nohl family purchased the property in the 1920s it was retired farm acreage. They erected a small cottage on the site, and were one of the first families to build a home in this once rural enclave. Two additions to the cottage resulted in the present year-round residence that Mary inherited from her parents. Mary graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1948. After the death of her parents, she began transforming the property from a beachfront cottage to an enchanting art environment. Over the course of several decades Nohl created an incredibly diverse and vast body of work, ranging from life-size concrete sculptures to miniature hand-blown glass figures.
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