page_title: Danielle Morse
section_title: Early life and background
hierarchical_section_title: Danielle Morse / Early life and background
caption_attribution_description: English: Danielle Monet Morse, Happy Hour, 2010, Oil on Canvas, 9 x 7 feet
context_page_description: Danielle Monet Morse is an international artist.
context_section_description: Morse's mother, a full-time artist, and her father, an avid art collector, introduced her to the subject at a very young age. Morse's current art collection, which spans the globe, was carefully procured over a 20-year period. Her middle name, "Monet", was given to her at birth by her father in homage to the French impressionist painter Claude Monet.
  Despite her art-influenced upbringing, it wasn't until she turned 36 that Morse embraced her destiny to become a painter. After her education, Morse spent 12 years working in the wholesale flower business, where her keen eye for color and balance helped her find success. She then moved into real estate, as a broker and developer. As fate would have it, during the 2008 real estate market crash she returned to her art roots. Morse has been painting ever since.
  Her relationships with commercial real estate became a huge asset in the pop up gallery field. She approached owners with the idea of filling spaces with temporary, pop-up art exhibitions. These scenarios allowed Morse to exhibit and sell her paintings without a significant financial commitment, and landlords to realize tenant income until properties were leased long-term.
  Morse's deep knowledge of Chicago neighborhoods and demographics helped her pinpoint locations rich in art enthusiasts and buyers. The attention and traffic her exhibitions generated helped Morse quickly ascend to a position of prominence in the Chicago art community, and accelerated the leasing of vacant properties.
caption: Danielle Monet Morse, Happy Hour, 2010, oil on canvas, 9 x 7 feet, private collection
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