Born in England, Jessie Drew-Bear was a painter in primitive style of florals, marine plants, and animals. A young widow with three children, she settled in Philadelphia in the 1920s, and soon became the owner of a floral business, the London Shop, which became one of the better known establishments of its kind.
Around the age of sixty, she was given a paint box as a present from her daughter, and started painting the flowers in her shop. With some encouragement an (showing 500 of 1254 characters). |
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