Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Salem, OR on May 21, 1898. Esther married Clifford Brunk in Salem in 1916 and then lived in Coos Bay. After moving to California about 1933, they lived for several years in Santa Barbara and often spent winters in Arizona and Mexico. Mrs. Brunk attended art classes at the Santa Barbara State College under Walter Cheever. During WWII she sketched servicemen at the local USO. Originally a watercolorist, she later switched to oils. Her final years were spent in Inyo County, CA as a resident of Bishop and Big Pine. Mrs. Brunk died in the latter on June 23, 1989. Exh: GGIE, 1939; Faulkner Gallery (Santa Barbara); Inyo County Fairs. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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