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| | Born in Fincastle, VA on Dec. 26, 1821. Eliza Griffin grew up in Louisville, KY and in 1843 married Albert Sidney Johnston. The couple then moved to Texas and led a peripatetic life while following military assignments. Her husband died a general in the Civil War, and the widow then lived in California from the early 1860s. Her time was divided between San Francisco and Los Angeles until her demise in the latter on Sept. 25, 1896. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Texas Painters (Powers); Women Artists of the American West; Los Angeles Herald, 9-26-1896 (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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| | She was one of the first women artists to arrive in the American West, which she did in 1843 in Texas. |
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