This biography from the Archives of AskART:
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Lionel Louis Edwards (1874-1954), settled in Los Angeles in 1889. He was a
member of the California Art Club and the Painters and Sculptor of Los
Angeles.
He exhibited at the Los Angeles County fair in 1929 and won first prize
at the California Art Club in 1954.
Lionel Louis Edwards painted everything from snow cap mountains to desert scenes but seemed to enjoy especially painting scenes on hilly landscapes with homes or buildings.
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in California on Jan. 25, 1874. Edwards settled in Los Angeles in 1889. He was active there both as an artist and a newspaper publisher. In his leisure he made painting forays into the desert area around Palm Springs and the high Sierra. Edwards died in Los Angeles on April 27, 1954. Member: Calif. Art Club; Painters & Sculptors of LA. Exh: LA Co. Fair, 1929; Artists Fiesta (LA), 1931; City Hall (LA), 1933; Hollywood Public Library, 1934; Calif. Art Club, 1954 (1st prize). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; Ferdinand Perret Files; 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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