Daisy Marguerite Hughes was born in Los Angeles, CA on Jan. 24, 1882. Hughes studied art with L. E. Garden MacLeod at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design, University of California, Art Students League in New York City, Ralph Johonnot, C. P. Townsley, and Rudolph Schaeffer.

A lifelong resident of Los Angeles, she exhibited locally and taught art in the public schools. The artist died on July 15, 1968.

Member:
Los Angeles Art Association, Provincetown Art Association; National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors.

Exhibition:
California State Fair, 1891, 1926; California Art Club, 1919-36; Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1920-37; Art Teachers Ass'n of So. California, 1922-24; Nation

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); American Art Annual 1919-33; Who's Who in American Art 1936-62; Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); Women Artists of the American West; Los Angeles Times, 7-16-1968 (obituary).

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