This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in Tacoma, WA on Nov. 26, 1912. At age 16 “Maggie” Hilbiber was enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania. During the Depression she worked for the Tacoma Times before moving to San Francisco in 1938. She then worked for Sunset magazine before opening a graphics studio. There she met her husband-to-be, Douglas Baylis, a noted landscape architect. Following his death in 1971, the widow turned to writing and illustrating a dozen books on house plants. In 1989 she moved to Sonoma, CA where she remained until her demise on Dec. 10, 1997. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
SF Chronicle, 12-24-1997 (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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