Artists in California
1786 - 1940
by
Edan Milton Hughes
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attended high school in Buffalo, NY and
later studied architecture at t h e
Massachusetts Inst, of Technology. In
1898 he opened an architectural office in
San Francisco, and became a close friend
and painting partner of Arthur and Lucia
Mathews. Most of his watercolors were
landscapes, sizes 20" x 26". As an
architect he designed many of SF's major
buildings: St Francis Hotel, Bank of
America, American Trust Company, State
Building in Civic Center, Southern Pacific
Building, and the Geary Theatre; as well as
the Oakland Public Library and Hotel
Oakland. He died on Dec. 15, 1947 at his
Sausalito home. Member: Bohemian Club;
Pacific Union; Commonwealth Club of SF.
Exhibited: SFMA Inaugural, 1935; GGIE,
1939. Works held: Oakland Museum;
SFMA. % Mai; WIM Fine Arts, Oakland; SF
Chronicle, Dec. 17, 1947 (obit).
in 1840. After graduating from the New
Hampton Inst, and Thetford Academy, she
married E. W. Farr in 1861. After the death
of her husband she had a studio in Boston
until the early 1880s when she moved to
southern Calif. Mrs. Farr bought an old
vineyard in 1895 after settling in Pasadena
and built a mission style studio on the
property where she painted still lifes and
scenes of the missions. Exhibited: Calif.
Bldg., World's Columbian Expo, Chicago,
1893. Works held: Washington Co. (PA)
Historical Society; Littleton (NH) Public
Library, f AAW; SCA.
FARRELL, Margaret C. Taylor (18831972). Portrait painter. Margaret Taylor
studied at the AIC under Ralph Clarkson
and in Cincinnati under Duveneck. After
settling in Los Angeles sometime before
1912, she opened a studio, exhibited
locally, and appears to have married about
1920. She died in Sacramento on Sept. 7,
1972. Exhibited: Calif. Art Club, Blanchard
Gallery, 1912; Pasadena Art Inst., 1928. |
AAW; Sacramento Bee, Sept 9, 1972 (obit);
PF.
FARRINGTON,
M i r i a m (1913).
Portrait painter, sculptor, illustrator. Born
in Dwight, III. in 1913. Farrington moved to
Oakland, CA with her family in 1914 and
had settled in Los Angeles by 1924. During
the 1930s she studied at the AIC, Otis Art
Inst, and with George Stanley. Member:
Laguna Beach AA; Carmel AA. Works held:
St Mary's Episcopal Church, Laguna Beach
(portrait). % PF.
F A R R I N G T O N , W a l t e r . See: Moses,
Walter Farrington.
FARRINGTON,
W e s l e y . Sculptor.
Resident of Los Angeles in the 1930s.
Exhibited: Calif.-Pacific Int'l Expo, San
Diego, 1935. % MaS.
FAUCHER, Miss J . M. Portrait painter.
Resident of San Francisco in 1877. H
SFCD.
F A U L K N E R , L e n a H o w e l l . Painter.
Pupil of Grace Hudson in the 1890s. % The
Painter Lady, pg. 34.
FAUST,
Dr.
Eleanor
Challiss
(1867). Painter. Born in Atchinson,
Kan. on March 1, 1867. Faust attended the
School of Design for Women in Philadelphia
and the PAFA. She appears to have
settled in Inglewood, CA in the 1920s.
Primarily a portraitist, she also painted
landscapes and coastals.
Exhibited:
Artists Fiesta in LA, 1931. Works held:
Bank of Inglewood (Malibu Coast); State
Bldg., Exposition Park, LA. f PF; CA&A.
F A U S T , K. Painter. Exhibited: SFAA,
1885 (floral still lifes).
F A V I L L E , W i l l i a m B. ( 1 8 6 6 - 1 9 4 7 ) .
Watercolorist, architect.
Born in San
Andreas, CA on Nov. 13, 1866. Faville
FAVOR, Miss A. M. Portrait painter.
Resident of San Francisco in 1889. %
SFCD.
FAVRETTO, E. E. Portraitist. Active in
Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s. %
CA&A; SCA.
FAY, George F. Painter. Resident of
Pasadena, CA in 1932. H CA&A.
FAY, H o r a c e T.
Commercial artist.
Resident of Los Angeles in 1932. % CA&A.
FAY, Jean Bradford (1904- ). Painter,
illustrator, cartoonist. Born in Seattle,
Wash, on April 22, 1904. Fay was a
resident of San Francisco in the 1930s1940s and a pupil of Lyonel Feininger at
Mills College (Oakland). Member: SF
Society of Women Artists. Exhibited:
GGIE, 1939. f WWAA 1940-41; MaS.
FAY, Nellie (1870). Painter. Born in
Eureka, CA on Feb. 11,1870. When in her
teens Fay began art training in San
Francisco under Emil Carlsen at the School
of Design, and later with Arthur Mathews.
After her art studies she moved to
Sacramento and became active with the
Kingsley Art Club. In 1915 she returned to
San Francisco where she was a resident
until at least 1935. After that time her trail
is lost. Member: SFAA; SF Sketch Club.
Exhibited: SFAA annuals. H AAW; AAA
1913-21; Fid; WAA.
F A Y E , Ida C. Painter.
Resident of
Berkeley, CA in the 1920s and 1930s.
Exhibited: Oakland Art Gallery, 1928 (Calla
Lilies), f CA&A.
FEATHERSTONE,
Jessie
Pier.
Painter. Resident of Los Angeles 1911-14.
Exhibited: Oakland Art Gallery, 1928
(Silver and Gold at Del Monte and Sunset
Rainbow/). % SCA.
FECHIN, Nicolai Ivanovich (18811955). Painter, sculptor. Born in Kazan,
Russia on Nov. 28, 1881. Raised in the
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