A painter, Meta Cressey was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 3, 1882. She studied in New York City with William Merritt Chase, Frank DuMond and Robert Henri. While there, she met artist Bert Cressey... Read full biography
A painter, Meta Cressey was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 3, 1882. She studied in New York City with William Merritt Chase, Frank DuMond and Robert Henri. While there, she met artist Bert Cressey whom she married. She returned with him to Los Angeles in 1914 and lived at the Cressey ranch until... Read full biography
A painter, Meta Cressey was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 3, 1882. She studied in New York City with William Merritt Chase, Frank DuMond and Robert Henri. While there, she met artist Bert Cressey whom she married. She returned with him to Los Angeles in 1914 and lived at the Cressey ranch until purchasing a large estate in the Hollywood Hills at 1830 North Sierra Bonita Avenue. Her lavish flower garden often won prizes from the Hollywood Garden Club and provided subject matter for her... Read full biography
A painter, Meta Cressey was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 3, 1882. She studied in New York City with William Merritt Chase, Frank DuMond and Robert Henri. While there, she met artist Bert Cressey whom she married. She returned with him to Los Angeles in 1914 and lived at the Cressey ranch until purchasing a large estate in the Hollywood Hills at 1830 North Sierra Bonita Avenue. Her lavish flower garden often won prizes from the Hollywood Garden Club and provided subject matter for her paintings. During the Depression the home had to be sold and, depressed from its loss, she never painted again after 1936. She died in Los Angeles on May 4, 1964. Exhibitions: . Calif. Art Club, 1915-31; Modern Art Society (LA), 1916-18; Painters & Sculptors... Read full biography
A painter, Meta Cressey was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 3, 1882. She studied in New York City with William Merritt Chase, Frank DuMond and Robert Henri. While there, she met artist Bert Cressey whom she married. She returned with him to Los Angeles in 1914 and lived at the Cressey ranch until purchasing a large estate in the Hollywood Hills at 1830 North Sierra Bonita Avenue. Her lavish flower garden often won prizes from the Hollywood Garden Club and provided subject matter for her paintings. During the Depression the home had to be sold and, depressed from its loss, she never painted again after 1936. She died in Los Angeles on May 4, 1964. Exhibitions: . Calif. Art Club, 1915-31; Modern Art Society (LA), 1916-18; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1927; Artists Fiesta (LA), 1931. Collections: . Irvine (CA) Museu. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (15)
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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)
California Light: A Century of Landscapes Paintings of the California Art Club
2011
Stern, Jean and Molly Siple (Skira Rizzoli Publisher)
276 pages (color)
A Seed of Modernism- The Art Students League of Los Angeles (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Kovinic, Marian, Dr. Will South, Julia Armstrong-Totten (Pasadena Museum of California Art)
160 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)