Margaret Marley Modlin (January 5, 1927 – October 28, 1998) was an American surrealist painter, sculptor and photographer who spent most of her adult life in Spain.

Elmer Modlin and Margaret Marley were married in North Carolina in 1949 then moved to Hollywood to find their fortune.

[5] Modlin stayed at home creating her artworks while her husband and son found paid work.

[2] The artist used her son and her husband like models to create surrealist scenes about the Apocalypse with a Mesianism message.

[6] Modlin didn't sell a painting in her lifetime but hoped to find a place in art history.