Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Dawson, PA in 1864. At age 15 Ella married attorney John Austin in Nevada City, CA. She was a pupil of Arthur and Alice Best in San Francisco and specialized in rolling fields of California poppies and landscapes of the Merced River. She died in Nevada City on March 4, 1943. Exh: Calif. State Fair, 1930. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); California State Library (Sacramento); Searls Historical Society (Nevada City). | | 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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