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| | Born in Waterloo, NY on March 26, 1865. Cook-Smith studied with Wm M. Chase, at the AIC and in France, Holland and Italy. She had homes in both Long Island, NY and Chula Vista, CA from 1918 through the early 1930s. Member: Nat'l Ass'n of Women Painters & Sculptors. In: San Diego Museum (Maya Frieze). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1898-33; Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E); Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers (Fielding, Mantle). | | 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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