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Virginia Woolley BIOGRAPHY
1884 Selma, Alabama - 1971 Laguna Beach, California. Known for: Coastal landscape, figure, etcher.
The following biographical information has been provided by Lisa Rubin Rail. (b. 1951), the artist's great niece:. VIRGINIA WOOLLEY was born in 1884, in Selma, Alabama. She had three siblings:... Read full biography
The following biographical information has been provided by Lisa Rubin Rail. (b. 1951), the artist's great niece:. VIRGINIA WOOLLEY was born in 1884, in Selma, Alabama. She had three siblings: Frances (Woolley) Farmer, and James Albert Woolley, Jr. (my grandfather), and Andrew Price Woolley. She... Read full biography
The following biographical information has been provided by Lisa Rubin Rail. (b. 1951), the artist's great niece:. VIRGINIA WOOLLEY was born in 1884, in Selma, Alabama. She had three siblings: Frances (Woolley) Farmer, and James Albert Woolley, Jr. (my grandfather), and Andrew Price Woolley. She studied art in Chicago, then. later abroad, chiefly in Paris. By the late 1920's or early 1930's she had settled in Laguna Beach, living for many years in a large wooden house on a cliff overlooking the... Read full biography
The following biographical information has been provided by Lisa Rubin Rail. (b. 1951), the artist's great niece:. VIRGINIA WOOLLEY was born in 1884, in Selma, Alabama. She had three siblings: Frances (Woolley) Farmer, and James Albert Woolley, Jr. (my grandfather), and Andrew Price Woolley. She studied art in Chicago, then. later abroad, chiefly in Paris. By the late 1920's or early 1930's she had settled in Laguna Beach, living for many years in a large wooden house on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Coast Highway. She later bought a house at 615 Seaview, where she lived till her death in 1971. She made a living by working in the Knox Leidy Pottery factory at 1936 S. Coast Boulevard in Laguna Beach. On Sundays, she and other local... Read full biography
The following biographical information has been provided by Lisa Rubin Rail. (b. 1951), the artist's great niece:. VIRGINIA WOOLLEY was born in 1884, in Selma, Alabama. She had three siblings: Frances (Woolley) Farmer, and James Albert Woolley, Jr. (my grandfather), and Andrew Price Woolley. She studied art in Chicago, then. later abroad, chiefly in Paris. By the late 1920's or early 1930's she had settled in Laguna Beach, living for many years in a large wooden house on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Coast Highway. She later bought a house at 615 Seaview, where she lived till her death in 1971. She made a living by working in the Knox Leidy Pottery factory at 1936 S. Coast Boulevard in Laguna Beach. On Sundays, she and other local artists displayed their paintings in Heisman Park. She was instrumental in forming the basis of what was to become the Annual Festi... Read full biography
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The following biographical information has been provided by Lisa Rubin Rail
(b. 1951), the artist's great niece:
VIRGINIA WOOLLEY was born in 1884, in Selma, Alabama. She had three siblings: Frances (Woolley) Farmer, and James Albert Woolley, Jr. (my grandfather), and Andrew Price Woolley. She studied art in Chicago, then
later abroad, chiefly in Paris.
By the late 1920's or early 1930's she had settled in Laguna Beach, living for many years in a large wooden house on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Coast Highway. She later bought a house at 615 Seaview, where she lived till her death in 1971.
She made a living by working in the Knox Leidy Pottery factory at 1936 S. Coast Boulevard in Laguna Beach. On Sundays, s...But wait, there's more...
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