The name of this artist comes from the inscription on the National Gallery's painting Still Life (1978.80.7), that reads as follows: Painted by Mrs. M. A. Goode. Nothing is known about Mrs. Goode, who was presumably an amateur artist, active in the second half of the nineteenth century. [This is an edited version of the artist's biography published in the NGA Systematic Catalogue]
Artist Bibliography
1992
Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 150.