| Alberta McCloskey was a painter especially known for her lush fruit still lifes often with oranges wrapped in tissue paper. She also painted portraits, which was the way she began her career and first supported herself financially. Born in Missouri, she was a student of William Merritt Chase in New York City. In 1883 in Denver when she was age 20, she married artist William McCloskey, and the couple, who separated in 1898, traveled extensively together and often worked on the same portraits and (showing 500 of 8342 characters). |
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