Jeffrey Lunge' was born in London, England sometime in the year 1905. His father, apparently a bit of a traveler, brought the family to Canada, which was a British country.

At his arrival in Canada he was just 8 years old. While living there he became interested in art, but it was not until his father moved the family to the United States, California, that he, over a time became an accomplished water colorist of Southern California in the 1940's.

Lunge' had a younger sister; not too much is known of her except that she married an anthropologist by the name of Edward B. Danson, who later became director of the Museum of Northern Arizona. Danson introduced Jeffrey Lunge' to the southwest by taking him along on a trip to the Hopi...