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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
ILLUSTRATION OF BAKERY KITCHEN
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in Sacramento, CA on Jan. 8, 1878, the grandson of F. W. Hatch who settled in Sacramento in 1851. Fred grew up there and studied art locally. After graduating from UC Berkeley, he returned to Sacramento and worked in banking. During the 1920s he was active there with the Kingsley Art Club. Upon moving to Pasadena in 1930, he joined the staff of the Community Playhouse for which he was actor, director, and did the artwork for their playbills. Many of his watercolors were of characters he played and scenes from famous novels. Blanchard died in Pasadena, CA on Aug. 29, 1948. Exh: Ruskin Art Club (LA), 1904; Blachard Gallery (LA), 1912 (portraits). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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