Sister Cassiana Marie

[1] Despite her austere appearance as a Catholic nun, she was a free thinker and sought further opportunities to pursue her art as a member of the well-known Ste.

[7] Sister Cassiana Marie has been described as "an intensely serious artist" who viewed art as opening one's eyes to a natural world where "beauty was supreme to dogma.

[4] In addition to still lives, she painted various portraits, including of Catholic leaders and prominent local figures such as Green Bay Mayor John V. Diener and opera singer Lucille Meusel.

[1][3] After her death, a large group of her paintings were acquired for the permanent collection of the Neville Public Museum of Brown County.

[2][10] Her work has been exhibited there, including in a 1999 solo show titled "Heavenly Guidance," and at other institutions across the Midwest in the decades since.