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| | Born in Leeuwarden, Holland on April 8, 1872. Molkenboer studied at the Amsterdam Academy and in NYC at the ASL. He was active in San Francisco in 1906 and, while there, painted scenes of the earthquake and fire. He then moved to Los Angeles where he decorated the Majestic Theatre Bldg. In 1909 he returned to New York and soon thereafter to Holland. Exh: Steckel Gallery (LA), 1907; Alaska-Yukon Pacific Expo (Seattle), 1909. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Los Angeles Times, 6-2-1907; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E). | | 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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