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| | Born in Loda, IL on May 3, 1862. Ames studied art in Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago. After coming to southern California in 1887, he lived on an orange grove in Placentia. He died in Los Angeles on March 12, 1932. Exh: World's Columbian Expo (Chicago), 1893; Woman’s Club (LA), 1908. In: Monterey Municipal collection. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); American Art Annual 1903-05; City Directory; Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E); 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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