 Lois Cohen is primarily known as Lois (Cohen) Green
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Primarily a watercolorist, Lois Green is especially known for her
paintings for projection at Griffith Observatory. She was born in
Chicago and studied at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh and with Samuel
Rosenberg.
She worked in Pittsburgh as a fashion illustrator before moving to Los
Angeles in 1938 and then studied at the Chouinard School and at
UCLA.
She worked as a motion picture illustrator and painted in her spare
time. In 1945, she married Eugene Cohen, and in 1973, began the
Griffith Observatory project.
Her subject matter includes
figures, landscapes, animals, and urban scenes. She was a member
of the California Watercolor Society.
In 1999 she was included
in an exhibition called "This Side of Eden: Images of Steinbeck's
California" by the Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California.
Sources:
Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940
Note from Denise Weatherwax | |
Biography from California Watercolor:
| Lois Green Cohen
Born: Chicago, Ill; Studied: Carnegie technical (Pittsburg), Chouinard
Art Institute (Los Angeles), University of California (Los Angeles).
Primarily a watercolorist, Lois Green is especially known for her
paintings for projection at Griffith Observatory. She was born in
Chicago and studied at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh and with Samuel
Rosenberg. She worked in Pittsburgh as a fashion illustrator
before moving to Los Angeles in 1938 and then studied at the Chouinard
School and at UCLA. She worked as a motion picture illustrator
and painted in her spare time. In 1945, she married Eugene Cohen
and in 1973, began the Griffith Observatory project.
Her
subject matter includes figures, landscapes, animals, and urban scenes.
She was a member of the California Watercolor Society.
In '99 she was included in an exhibition called "This Side of Eden: Images of Steinbeck's California" by the Steinbeck Center.
Source:
Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940
California Watercolors 1850-1970,
©2002 Hillcrest Press, Inc.
CaliforniaWatercolor.com |
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