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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Round Valley, Bishop, California
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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Biography from AskART:
| Born in England on Nov. 16, 1887, Frederick Chisnall, as a young man
immigrated to Canada where he was an engraver for Eatons. In 1920
he moved to Los Angeles and continued as an engraver for the Times.
During this period he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago.
About 1930 he settled in Rancho Mirage near Palm Springs where he
established a gallery in his home.
Chisnall was a familiar sight on the deserts of Arizona and Nevada, and often spent summers in Wyoming.
He died in Palm Springs, CA on Dec. 11, 1965. He was a member of the Desert Art Center.
| Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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