 Mildred Ames is primarily known as Mildred Ames Waters
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Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Painter. Born in New Sharen, ME on Jan. 22, 1898.
Mildred Ames moved to Riverside, CA in 1919. There she taught grade school and soon married Benjamin Waters. In 1943 she settled in Laguna Beach where she established a gallery. Primarily a watercolorist, her works show the influence of her teachers Rex Brandt and Phil Dike.
Her subjects include still lifes, scenes of California and Europe.
In 1979 she moved to her daughter's home in Portland, OR and lived there until her death on Feb. 6, 1991.
Exh: Riverside AA, LA City Hall, 1941; Laguna Beach AA, 1940s; Laguna Festival of the Arts, 1951-65. Invw. | | 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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