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| | Born in Iowa on May 5, 1893. Thoren settled in San Francisco in 1926. By the 1930s she had married artist Hans Jorgensen and established a studio in their home on Sacramento Street. During her later years she lived across the Golden Gate in Belvedere at 5005 Paradise Drive. Mrs. Jorgensen died there of heart failure on May 14, 1976. Her painting forte was seascapes and coastal scenes. Exh: Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1941, 1945. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Ferdinand Perret Files; The Argonaut, Nov. 1946; Death record. | | 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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