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| Born in Holland, MI on July 29, 1857. Van Vleck arrived in San Francisco in 1874. About 1890 she organized the art department at Cogswell High School and in 1894 was made head of the art department at Polytechnic High School. A spinster, she died in San Francisco on Jan. 24, 1929. | Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" CD; SF Examiner, 1-25-1929 (obit). | | 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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