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| | Born in Petersburg, NE on April 8, 1900. As the wife of Harry Kilpatrick, Ada lived in McGill, NV until her husband's death. Upon moving to San Francisco in 1934, she studied with Victor DeWilde and at the CSFA. During her early years she painted landscapes and still lifes in watercolor, but later switched to oil and adapted a more modern approach. She died in San Francisco on July 27, 1951. Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1940; Labaudt Gallery (SF), 1940s; Paul Elder Gallery (SF), 1941, 1943 (solos); Calif. WC Society, 1942-49; Riverside Museum, 1943, 1944; SFMA, 1944. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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