Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Painter, etcher, pastelist. Born in Washington, DC on Jan. 7, 1905, Doris was the daughter of artist Ward Winchell. She studied in Los Angeles at the Chouinard and Otis art institutes and with Marion Kavanagh Wachtel.
She began as a portrait painter and later switched to landscapes and seascapes. Mrs. Baker died at her home in Big Sur, CA on Feb. 14, 1987.
Exhibitions:
Art in NatI Defense, 1943 (award)
Women Painters of the West, 1941-49 (awards)
Monterey County Fair, 1950
Carmel Art Association 1952 (solo)
Patos Verdes AA, 1955.
Sources include:
Who's Who in American Art, 1953-62; Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art; Monterey Herald, 2-15-1987 (obit).
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