This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Philip Menard was born in Sacramento, CA on May 21, 1907. A self-taught artist, Menard began drawing at age three and painting at age twelve. During the 1920s he lived in Oakland and in 1926-30 in Seattle, WA. In 1955 he was hired as museum attendant at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento and lived there until his death on Oct. 11, 1994.
Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1928; Kingsley Art Club (Sacramento), 1937-69; Calif. State Fair, 1949; Crocker Museum, 1972, 1981 (solos). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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