This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in Fairview, PA on May 4, 1861. Loomis was a resident of Sacramento and active as an artist by 1875. He studied at the San Francisco School of Design under Virgil Williams in the 1880s. He then studied at the AIC and was based in Chicago until his death in Villa Park, IL on Aug. 16, 1938. Exh: Calif. State Fair, 1875-79; AIC, 1912; Palette & Chisel Club. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); American Art Annual 1913-33; 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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