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| | Born in Washington, DC on March 27, 1863. Townsend studied on the Monterey Peninsula with Mary DeNeale Morgan while a resident of Oakland in 1902-06. She then moved to Yakima, WA and was a pupil of Ambrose Patterson. A spinster, she died in Los Angeles on Sept. 13, 1953. Member: Seattle FA Society. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; American Art Annual 1924; Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E); Washington State Artists 1850-1950 (Trip, Dode and Sherburne F. Cooke); 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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