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| Born in Hungary on March 10, 1880. Klein immigrated to the U.S. in 1900 and in 1907 settled in San Francisco. A house painter and self-taught artist, his paintings are primitive á la Grandma Moses. He died in San Francisco on Oct. 12, 1953.
Exh: GGIE, 1939; SFAA, 1941; Labaudt Gallery (SF), 1947.
| Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
SF Chronicle, 1-2-1947; Death Record
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