ARTIST: Laura L Artz (California, Missouri, 1878 - 1961)
NAME: Desert Landscape with Indian Man
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Some flaking mostly along lower edge. Some craquelure. Few scattered inpaintings.
SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 22 inches / 40 x 55 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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SKU#: 121889
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BIOGRAPHY:
Laura L. Artz, born August 19, 1978 in Missouri and died January 20, 1961 in LA; in the 1940 US Census, she was living in Palm Springs with her daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Fred Crail; OMS, Palos Verdes Art Center, per Torrance Herald, August 22, 1946, page 3-A; "Bookings for the fall traveling show of the Artists Guild of Southern California - made up largely of Long Beach artists - are being made far ahead by Helen Crail, chairman...Mrs. Crail and her mother Laura Artz - both exhibitors'packed up the 30 paintings by 17 artists Thursday night, and left for Volcano in the Mother Lode district where the exhibition will remain two weeks.In the meanwhile, mother and daughter will remain and spend the fortnight sketching around the scenic and historic towns of the Gold Rush era." per Long Beach Independent, October 3?, 1948, page 10 per presstelegram.laserfiche.com; "With her mother, Mrs. Laura Artz, Mrs. Crail made a trip last summer into the Mother Lode country to record on canvas some of the interesting historical spots of California," per Bakersfield Californian, April 26, 1949, page 12; Exhibition joint California Art Club/Women Painters of the West exhibition at Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, 1947, per www.californiaartclub.org.