This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in Troy, KS on Nov. 8, 1871. Covalt was active in Oakland from the late 1880s. In 1891 he was in Yosemite sketching and painting; in the fall of that year he taught a small painting class in Fresno. Other painting expeditions were made to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, West Indies, and the Grand Canyon. Covalt later became a dentist and lived in Oakland until his demise on Oct. 12, 1949. Exh: Calif. State Fair, 1891. | | 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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