This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in Canada on Jan. 25, 1877. Batiste moved to California in 1928 and in 1933 settled in San Diego. For the WPA Curriculum Project of the San Diego City Schools, during the Depression she made dioramas. Locally, she was a school teacher until retirement. A spinster, she died in San Diego on Aug. 8, 1963. Member: Los Sureños Art Center. Exh: Rose Hedge Manor (La Mesa), 1949 (solo). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Journal of San Diego History, Summer 1989; Death record. | | 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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