Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| | Portrait painter. Born in Detroit, Ml in 1864. Wheeler studied at the PAFA and in Paris at Academies Julian and Courtois. She was a resident of Philadelphia from 1898-1931 and then moved to Long Beach, CA where she was active for several years. She died in Philadelphia on Oct. 25, 1945. Member: Philadelphia Alliance; AFA. Exh: PAFA, 1901 (prize); Philadelphia Art Club, 1902 (gold medal); Louisiana Purchase Expo (St Louis), 1904 (silver medal). AAA 1898-1933; Ben; FId; WWAA 1936-41; AAW; N Y Times, 10-25-1945 (obit). | | 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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Janet Wheeler is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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