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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in Muscatine, IA on Nov. 30, 1860. Washburn settled in Los Angeles in the 1890s. In 1909 she and California artist Fannie Duvall shared an apartment in Paris while studying with Auburtin. Returning to southern California, she studied with Elizabeth Borglum and was active in the art scenes in Laguna Beach and Los Angeles. A spinster, she died in the latter on Jan. 2, 1942. As well as watercolors and oils, she also did parchment work, basketry, and china painting. Member: Laguna Beach AA. Exh: Blanchard Hall (LA), 1899; Calif. State Fair, 1899; Keramic Club (LA), 1902-04; Ruskin Art Club (LA), 1902-04; Calif. Art Club, 1912. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1925; California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; City Directory; Death record. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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