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Birth
1894 (Chicago, Illinois)
Death
1931 (Santa Maria, CA)
Lived/Active
Illinois/California
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mural, sketches-landscape, figure
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Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Painter. Born in Chicago, IL on Feb. 1, 1894. Hale graduated from Harvard University and studied art in Rome, Paris, and Venice before settling in NYC.
He had only been in California briefly and planned on staying six months to paint and tour the state. His body and the wreckage of his car were found at the bottom of a 500-foot cliff near Santa Maria, CA on Dec. 28, 1931. In: Illinois Merchant Trust (Chicago). AAA 1929; SF Chronicle, 12-29-1931(obit).
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