Margaret Bruton (1894-1983). Margaret Bruton is often known for her landscapes, figures, graphics and murals. Although Margarets family had lived in San Francisco, California, Margaret was born in... Read full biography
Margaret Bruton (1894-1983). Margaret Bruton is often known for her landscapes, figures, graphics and murals. Although Margarets family had lived in San Francisco, California, Margaret was born in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York, where her mother had relatives. Margaret and her mother returned to... Read full biography
Margaret Bruton (1894-1983). Margaret Bruton is often known for her landscapes, figures, graphics and murals. Although Margarets family had lived in San Francisco, California, Margaret was born in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York, where her mother had relatives. Margaret and her mother returned to California when she was two months old. She was raised in San Francisco where she and her sisters Helen and Esther, also artists, attended public high school. As a youth Margaret showed promise as an... Read full biography
Margaret Bruton (1894-1983). Margaret Bruton is often known for her landscapes, figures, graphics and murals. Although Margarets family had lived in San Francisco, California, Margaret was born in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York, where her mother had relatives. Margaret and her mother returned to California when she was two months old. She was raised in San Francisco where she and her sisters Helen and Esther, also artists, attended public high school. As a youth Margaret showed promise as an artist, which prompted her art education in 1913. She started at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in San Francisco where she studied under Frank Van Sloun. At the age of twelve she won a prize for her work and later earned a scholarship that enabled her... Read full biography
Margaret Bruton (1894-1983). Margaret Bruton is often known for her landscapes, figures, graphics and murals. Although Margarets family had lived in San Francisco, California, Margaret was born in 1894 in Brooklyn, New York, where her mother had relatives. Margaret and her mother returned to California when she was two months old. She was raised in San Francisco where she and her sisters Helen and Esther, also artists, attended public high school. As a youth Margaret showed promise as an artist, which prompted her art education in 1913. She started at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in San Francisco where she studied under Frank Van Sloun. At the age of twelve she won a prize for her work and later earned a scholarship that enabled her to study at the Art Students League in New York City. At the ASL she studied with Frank Vincent Dumond and Robert Henri. Margaret stayed i... Read full biography
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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 One (A-D) A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960
2015
St. Gaudens, Maurine (Editor)
0 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)