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Ad Code: 4
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An example of work by Luther Evans Dejoiner
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Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| | Painter. Born in Switzer, KY on Oct. 9, 1886. Raised in an artistic milieu, Luther was the son and pupil of painter Oscar DeJoiner. Moving to California with his family in 1894, he studied art at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco and later with Arthur Hill Gilbert in Monterey. Most of his years in California were as a resident of Santa Cruz where he was highly regarded as a painter and a naturalist. During WWI he worked at Mare Island in the camouflage department. He traveled widely in the U.S. and is known for his luminous landscapes of redwoods. DeJoiner died in Santa Cruz while fishing along the San Lorenzo River on Dec. 25, 1954. Member: Carmel AA; AAPL; Santa Cruz Art League (pres. 1937); Bay Region AA, Oakland; Society for Sanity in Art. Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1934, 1940. In: Santa Cruz City Museum. WWAA 1936-53; AAW; CA&A; Art and Artists in Santa Cruz; Ben; DR. | | 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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