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| | During the 1880s Lottie was a prostitute in Bodie, CA. She took up painting after her marriage to local businessman Eli Johl and filled their home with her paintings. A druggist accidently poisoned her in Bodie on Nov. 7, 1899. In: Museum Resource Center (Sacramento). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California State Library (Sacramento); Desert magazine, January 1970, p.16. | | 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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