This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  From an early pioneering California family, Lester Boronda was raised on a Salinas cattle ranch. He studied in San Francisco at the Mark Hopkins Institute under Arthur Mathews, at the Art Students League in New York with Frank DuMond, and in Munich, and in Paris under Jean Paul Laurens. He exhibited at the Del Monte Art Gallery in Monterey and then in 1913 moved to New York where he established a craftsman center and spent most of his career.
As a painter, he did genre scenes of old Monterey and then in New York did street scenes. He also painted at Mystic, Connecticut, and died at New Canaan, Connecticut on September 19, 1953.
In addition to painting, he was a sculptor, working primarily in wrought iron.
Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" |
Biography from William A. Karges Fine Art - Beverly Hills:
| Lester Boronda was raised in Salinas, California, a member of an early pioneer family. Boronda’s great-grandfather was a member of Junipero Serra’s second expedition in 1770. Coming from a family of means, Boronda was afforded study at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco, the Art Students League, as well as in Munich and Paris.
In 1910, Boronda was exhibiting his works at the Del Monte Art Gallery in Monterey. His works were largely comprised of old Monterey genre paintings, showing the rich Spanish Colonial history of the area. Boronda moved to New York in 1913, where he continued to paint until his death in 1953. |
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