Helen Marshall (NY 1905-1993) Horse Performers. large oil on canvas painting depicting four figures walking horses in an indoor setting. Signed lower right. Size: 36 x 52 in. Unframed. Marshall, who was born in New York City, studied art there and then in Paris, where she began teaching. She later taught at the Parsons School in New York City, where she headed the life drawing department. She had her first one-woman show in 1954 at the Durlacher Galleries in Manhattan. Her work was also shown by the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.