This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in San Francisco, CA on June 5, 1910. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Mary Ryan was a docent at the CPLH and assistant to the director of the De Young Museum for many years. In 1937 she wed attorney Harry Cobden and lived in Berkeley until 1960 when she settled in Carmichael, CA. Her last months were spent at her son’s home in Fairbanks, AK. She died there on Feb. 23, 1998. Her work includes still lifes and landscapes. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
SF Chronicle, 3-5-1998 (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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