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| | Born in Elkader, IA on April 1, 1890. Martha Oathout earned a B.A. degree at Carleton College in 1911 and then studied at the AIC under Lorado Taft, Charles Mulligan, and George E. Ganiere. For several years she taught sculpture in Denver, CO at Art Guild Academy and Denver Jr. High School. She moved from Denver to Los Angeles in the 1920s with her husband James A. Ayres and was active through the early 1960s. Mrs. Ayres died in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 1975. Member: LA AA; Fellow, Royal Society of Artists (London). Exh: ASL of Chicago, 1914 (1st prize); LA County Fair, 1915, 1924; South Dakota State Fair, 1916 (1st prize); Wyoming State Fair, 1918 (1st prize); Calif. Art Club, 1927. In: Carleton College (Northfield, MN); Forest Lawn Cemetery (Glendale); Emerson Jr High School (Pomona); Glendale High School; Inglewood High School (busts). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; American Art Annual 1933; Who's Who in American Art 1959; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Women Artists in America (Collins & Opitz). | | 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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