Anne Steele Marsh (1901–1995) was an American painter and printmaker whose watercolors, oil paintings, and wood engravings were widely exhibited and drew critical praise.

In the rear gallery [at Contemporary Arts] some watercolors by Anne Steele Marsh show appreciation of the character of the medium, not only in their easy fluency of gay color but in their unpretentious simplicity and freedom.

[1][14][note 4] She showed at the World's Fair held in New York in 1939[4] and, during the 1940s, showed watercolors, paintings, and prints in group exhibitions in diverse settings, including the 1940 Venice Biennale,[17] Associated Artists of New Jersey,[18] New York Society of Women Artists,[19][note 5] Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,[24] and National Academy of Design.

[4] Over the course of her thirty-year career Marsh received awards from many art organizations including the New Jersey State Museum,[25] Pen & Brush Club of New York, Philadelphia Print Club, Montclair Art Museum, and the National Association of Women Artists.

In 1935, Margaret Breuning, critic for the New York Post said her watercolors showed an "appreciation of the character of the medium, not only in their easy fluency of gay color but in their unpretentious simplicity and freedom.

"[14] Reviewing a group show held in 1936 at the Art Mart, Howard Devree wrote that Marsh's "large and pleasing "Morning at the Circus" (shown at right) in particular deserves to be noticed by the visitor.

Z. Kreuze, said Marsh had a "sound facility" in wood engraving and praised one of her prints for its well managed distribution of light.

[29] In 1966 the New Jersey State Museum gave Marsh a purchase award for "In the Corner," an oil painting of about 1962 (shown at left).

[25] In 1995, looking back on her artistic career, a critic said "her wood engravings combine powerful design with painstakingly refined execution.

[4] In 1941 Marsh founded and became first president of Associated Artists of New Jersey [3] Limited to a membership of fifty, the group staged exhibitions in galleries and museums and sponsored public forums.

Established in 1926, his firm, the James R. Marsh Company, made small products like sconces and table lamps, as well as large ones like the entrance gate at Sarah Lawrence College.