Painter, and printmaker and born in San Francisco, CA on July 27, 1886, Lucy Pierce studied privately with Xavier Martinez while in her early teens. She later studied at the Boston Museum School,... Read full biography
Painter, and printmaker and born in San Francisco, CA on July 27, 1886, Lucy Pierce studied privately with Xavier Martinez while in her early teens. She later studied at the Boston Museum School, California College of Arts and Crafts (she later taught there), San Francisco Institute of Art, and... Read full biography
Painter, and printmaker and born in San Francisco, CA on July 27, 1886, Lucy Pierce studied privately with Xavier Martinez while in her early teens. She later studied at the Boston Museum School, California College of Arts and Crafts (she later taught there), San Francisco Institute of Art, and with Armin Hansen in Monterey. In 1920 she moved to the Monterey Peninsula and lived there for many years in a home on Mesa Road. Working in oil and watercolor, much of her subject matter was of the... Read full biography
Painter, and printmaker and born in San Francisco, CA on July 27, 1886, Lucy Pierce studied privately with Xavier Martinez while in her early teens. She later studied at the Boston Museum School, California College of Arts and Crafts (she later taught there), San Francisco Institute of Art, and with Armin Hansen in Monterey. In 1920 she moved to the Monterey Peninsula and lived there for many years in a home on Mesa Road. Working in oil and watercolor, much of her subject matter was of the people, buildings, and landscapes of the Monterey Peninsula. Unmarried, Pierce died in La Jolla, CA on June 28, 1974. Exhibitions . Panama Pacific International Exhibition, 1915 . San Francisco Art Association, 1916-29 . Hotel Oakland, Benefit for the... Read full biography
Painter, and printmaker and born in San Francisco, CA on July 27, 1886, Lucy Pierce studied privately with Xavier Martinez while in her early teens. She later studied at the Boston Museum School, California College of Arts and Crafts (she later taught there), San Francisco Institute of Art, and with Armin Hansen in Monterey. In 1920 she moved to the Monterey Peninsula and lived there for many years in a home on Mesa Road. Working in oil and watercolor, much of her subject matter was of the people, buildings, and landscapes of the Monterey Peninsula. Unmarried, Pierce died in La Jolla, CA on June 28, 1974. Exhibitions . Panama Pacific International Exhibition, 1915 . San Francisco Art Association, 1916-29 . Hotel Oakland, Benefit for the California College of Arts and Crafts, 1924 . California State Fair, 1930 . California Statewide (Santa Cruz), 1931 "Artists in California, 1786-1940".... Read full biography
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About Lucy Valentine Pierce: Books
Books & Publications (15)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)
2015
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
547 pages
Emerging from the Shadows: Volume Three, (L-R) A Survey Of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960
2015
St. Gaudens, Maurine (Editor)
304 pages (color)
Arizona's Pioneering Women Artists: Impressions of the Grand Canyon State Directory Listing of 479 Women Before 1945 (Exhibition catalog)