Long-lived Ida Maynard Curtis, primarily identified with Carmel, California, was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1860. Starting as a portrait painter, Curtis ultimately emerged as a... Read full biography
Long-lived Ida Maynard Curtis, primarily identified with Carmel, California, was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1860. Starting as a portrait painter, Curtis ultimately emerged as a painter of landscapes and interiors during a summer in Bermuda during her Boston teaching years. In... Read full biography
Long-lived Ida Maynard Curtis, primarily identified with Carmel, California, was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1860. Starting as a portrait painter, Curtis ultimately emerged as a painter of landscapes and interiors during a summer in Bermuda during her Boston teaching years. In Carmel she painted many views of the town, the Carmel Mission, landscapes, gnarled trees, and winding shorelines. She also painted the California desert, Mount Shasta, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.... Read full biography
Long-lived Ida Maynard Curtis, primarily identified with Carmel, California, was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1860. Starting as a portrait painter, Curtis ultimately emerged as a painter of landscapes and interiors during a summer in Bermuda during her Boston teaching years. In Carmel she painted many views of the town, the Carmel Mission, landscapes, gnarled trees, and winding shorelines. She also painted the California desert, Mount Shasta, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Curtis received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1882 from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Upon graduation, she taught science in Boston, but evolved to teaching art at Brighton High School there after traveling to Europe in 1890 and 1896,... Read full biography
Long-lived Ida Maynard Curtis, primarily identified with Carmel, California, was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1860. Starting as a portrait painter, Curtis ultimately emerged as a painter of landscapes and interiors during a summer in Bermuda during her Boston teaching years. In Carmel she painted many views of the town, the Carmel Mission, landscapes, gnarled trees, and winding shorelines. She also painted the California desert, Mount Shasta, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Curtis received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1882 from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Upon graduation, she taught science in Boston, but evolved to teaching art at Brighton High School there after traveling to Europe in 1890 and 1896, where she studied in Paris with Lucien Simon and others. Before retiring from teaching in 1917 to devote her time to painting, Curtis spent summers... Read full biography
Ida Maynard Curtis - Art for Sale (1 available)
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Monterey Sand Dunes
Type:Painting
Size:25.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
As featured in the book Emerging from the Shadows by Maurine St. Gaudens