Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Chicago, IL on Aug. 17, 1870. Cole studied at the University of London (England) and earned a mechanical engineering degree at the University of Michigan. After marrying painter Blanche Dougan in 1894, he was president of the Consolidated Water Company in San Diego before moving to Los Angeles in 1901. A self-taught artist, he shared a studio with his wife in the Blanchard Bldg and exhibited locally through 1913. As well as an artist, he was also an investment broker in oil and agricultural lands and an art collector. He died in Kern County, CA on March 27, 1955. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Los Angeles Times, 4-8-1906, p.6 and 5-3-1908, p.6; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Who's Who in the Pacific Southwest 1913; Death record. | | 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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