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| Sarah Mayo was born in Maine in 1840. Sara was the wife of Silus I. Mayo. She opened a studio in Los Angeles in 1877 and was active there for the following decade as an exhibitor in county fairs and a teacher of drawing and painting. Her rare works include figures, landscapes, and portraits in oil and watercolor.
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; Southern California of Artists (Nancy Moure); Artists of the American West (Doris Dawby); Splitter, p.49; Census. | | 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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