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| | Born in North Dakota on June 11, 1883. Yerxa ran away from home at age 16 and joined the gold rush to Alaska. In 1913 he homesteaded 160 acres near Palm Springs, CA. A self-described desert rat and trader, in 1925 he went to Paris to study art at Académies Julian and Colarossi. He died in Palm Springs on March 5, 1965. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Ferdinand Perret Files; The Western Woman, vol. 14, no. 3; Western Trailer Life, Nov. 1941; 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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