Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Boston, MA on Nov. 18, 1847. Mary Murphy moved to California as a child and in 1868 married Colonel Wm H. Menton in Santa Clara. During the 1870s she settled in San Francisco where she studied at the School of Design under Mathews, Yelland, and Joullin, and privately with Wm Keith. In 1895 she had a studio at 414 Pine Street next door to Keith and a home at 305 Larkin. Following the earthquake of 1906, in which many of her works were lost, she spent two years in Mexico. Mrs. Menton died in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 1913. Her rare works include landscapes, adobes, and missions in oil, watercolor, and pastel. Exh: Calif. Midwinter Fair, 1894; SFAA, 1895-1911; Mechanics' Inst. (SF), 1895-99; Calif. State Fair, 1895-1902; Calif. Society of Artists, 1902; Sketch Club (SF), 1906-12; Del Monte Art Gallery, 1908-12; Calif. Artists, Golden Gate Park Museum, 1915. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Art in California (R. L. Bernier, 1916); Women Artists of the American West; Keith, Old Master of California (Brother Cornelius); Death record; SF Chronicle, 10-23-1913 (obituary). | | 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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