A painter and craftsperson active in Northern California, Lillian Tobey was born in Chicago, Illinois to Irish parents and moved to San Francisco about 1900. Her studio at 414 Pine Street was next door to Maynard Dixon and William Keith, and she and Dixon married in 1905 at the home of well-known writer, Charles Lummis in Los Angeles.
In addition to being a painter, she also worked in metal and decorative leather. However, her career was sublimated to that of her husband and deeply affec (showing 500 of 2510 characters). |
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