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| | Born on a ranch in Fruita, CO on April 4, 1902. Adams was a teenager when she settled in Los Angeles. She studied locally at the Otis Art Institute and continued in NYC at the ASL and Grand Central School of Art. She further studied with F. Tolles Chamberlin, George Biddle, Leo Katz, and with her close friend Julia B. Wendt. She was active in Los Angeles until the early 1960s and died there on Nov. 13, 1990. Most of her subject matter is Indian and western themes. Exh: Calif. Art Club, 1924-49 (awards); Nat'l Small Sculptures Contest, 1928 (award); LA County Fair, 1929; Bullock’s (LA), 1933; Calif. Society of Etchers, 1930s; Palos Verdes Public Library, 1937; Southwest Museum (LA), 1939; GGIE, 1939; Ebell Club (LA), 1939, 1948 (awards); Southern PMs, 1941 (award); Otis Art Inst., 1941-45; Women Painters of the West, 1944 (award); League of Pen Women, 1949. In: Southwest Museum (LA); LACMA. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1925; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Who's Who in American Art 1940-62. | | 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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