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| | Born in Evanston, IL on Nov. 1, 1885. Catherine Comstock studied at the Roycroft Shop and at the AIC. Upon moving to California in 1915, she continued her studies at UC and the CCAC. After her marriage to George Seideneck in 1920 and a European honeymoon, she settled in Carmel where her brothers Hugh and Hurd Comstock were early developers. She was active as an organizer in the local art colony and taught leather sculpture at the Carmel Arts & Crafts Summer School. The Seideneck home in Carmel Valley was a showplace of ceramics, wrought silver and copper. An accomplished artisan and teacher, she was equally skilled as a watercolorist and pastelist. Mrs. Seideneck died in Monterey, CA on Feb. 13, 1967. Member: SWA; Carmel AA (cofounder); Nat'l Society of Craftsmen. Exh: Washington State Fair, 1912 (gold medal); PPIE, 1915 (gold medal for leather work); Santa Cruz Statewide annuals; Stanford Art Gallery; Carmel Arts & Crafts Club, 1920; Monterey Peninsula Museum, 1966 (with husband). In: Monterey Peninsula Museum; City of Monterey Collection. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Yesterday's Artists on the Monterey Peninsula; Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; Women Artists of the American West; Death record; Monterey Peninsula Herald, 2-14-1967 (obituary) and 9-17-1978. | | 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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