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| Born in Goshen, NH on March 20, 1852. Booth was a resident of Napa, CA in 1888. She studied at the Massachusetts School of Art, New York School of Fine & Applied Art, ASL of NYC under Wm M. Chase, Handicraft Guild in Minneapolis under Batchelder, and Académies Julian and Delecluse in Paris. Most of her life was spent in California in Napa, San Francisco, and San Jose. She taught and was director of the art department at the College of the Pacific (Stockton) in the late 1930s. The last three years were spent in Dighton, MA where she died on Nov. 12, 1942. Exh: Mechanics' Inst. (SF), 1899; Oakland Art Gallery, 1928. | Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" American Art Annual 1919-33; Who's Who in American Art 1936-41; California State Library (Sacramento); Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers (Fielding, Mantle); Death record; Stockton Record, 11-17-1942 (obituary). | | 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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| A contributing editor and illustrator to magazines and newspapers, Eunice Booth studied at the Massachusetts School of Art and the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. She was also a graphic arts advisor to the College of the Pacific in California.
Source: Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" |
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