This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Byron Alton Hunt was born in Eugene, OR on Jan. 19, 1905. During the 1920s Hunt settled in San Francisco into a studio in the “Monkey Block” (now the Transamerica Pyramid.) During the Depression he worked as a weaver for the FAP and as a sketcher for Diego Rivera at the Golden Gate International Exposition. He died in Clear Lake, CA on June 12, 1993.
Exh: SFAA, 1939-45.
| Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; SF Chronicle, 7-9-1993 (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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