Born in Ayrshire, Iowa on Jan. 20, 1893, Maxine Albro, when quite young, moved with her family to Los Angeles where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1920. Moving to San Francisco at that... Read full biography
Born in Ayrshire, Iowa on Jan. 20, 1893, Maxine Albro, when quite young, moved with her family to Los Angeles where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1920. Moving to San Francisco at that time, she worked as a commercial artist in order to fund one year of art study at the Art Students... Read full biography
Born in Ayrshire, Iowa on Jan. 20, 1893, Maxine Albro, when quite young, moved with her family to Los Angeles where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1920. Moving to San Francisco at that time, she worked as a commercial artist in order to fund one year of art study at the Art Students League in NYC and in Paris at Ecole de la Grande Chaumière. Upon returning to San Francisco, she then attended the California School of Fine Art during 1923-25. In the 1930s she worked for the Federal... Read full biography
Born in Ayrshire, Iowa on Jan. 20, 1893, Maxine Albro, when quite young, moved with her family to Los Angeles where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1920. Moving to San Francisco at that time, she worked as a commercial artist in order to fund one year of art study at the Art Students League in NYC and in Paris at Ecole de la Grande Chaumière. Upon returning to San Francisco, she then attended the California School of Fine Art during 1923-25. In the 1930s she worked for the Federal Public Works of Art Project. On one of her many trips to Mexico she studied mural painting with Diego Rivera. After marrying sculptor Parker Hall in 1938, she settled in Carmel on the Monterey Peninsula. Although she specialized in Spanish and... Read full biography
Born in Ayrshire, Iowa on Jan. 20, 1893, Maxine Albro, when quite young, moved with her family to Los Angeles where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1920. Moving to San Francisco at that time, she worked as a commercial artist in order to fund one year of art study at the Art Students League in NYC and in Paris at Ecole de la Grande Chaumière. Upon returning to San Francisco, she then attended the California School of Fine Art during 1923-25. In the 1930s she worked for the Federal Public Works of Art Project. On one of her many trips to Mexico she studied mural painting with Diego Rivera. After marrying sculptor Parker Hall in 1938, she settled in Carmel on the Monterey Peninsula. Although she specialized in Spanish and Mexican motifs, her work also includes landscapes and street scenes gleaned from her world travels. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (20)
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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)