Biography from AskART:
| | Born in England. Thurburn was in Paris with artist Roi Partridge in 1913. By the 1920s he had moved to California and was active in Santa Barbara as a designer of book plates and theater sets. He appears to have moved to Los Angeles in 1936 and was active there until the onset of WWII. Exh: Royal Academy (London), 1919; Faulkner Gallery (Santa Barbara), 1931; LA AA, 1940. In: Royal Academy (London); Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool); Unitarian Church (Santa Barbara). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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