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1884 Frankfort, Indiana - 1953 Lancaster, California. Known for: Landscape, portrait, Indian life.
Painter. Born in Frankfort, IN on Sept. 5, 1884. Early in life Edwards was a daredevil and clown in a circus. He moved to Los Angeles about 1910 and for 20 years was a teacher of stagecraft at... Read full biography
Painter. Born in Frankfort, IN on Sept. 5, 1884. Early in life Edwards was a daredevil and clown in a circus. He moved to Los Angeles about 1910 and for 20 years was a teacher of stagecraft at Lincoln High School. During this time he authored a play entitled 'Flamingo Arrow." An authority on... Read full biography
Painter. Born in Frankfort, IN on Sept. 5, 1884. Early in life Edwards was a daredevil and clown in a circus. He moved to Los Angeles about 1910 and for 20 years was a teacher of stagecraft at Lincoln High School. During this time he authored a play entitled 'Flamingo Arrow." An authority on American Indians, in 1928 he founded the Yato Kya Indian Museum nearby in Antelope Valley. Edwards died in Lancaster, CA on July 19, 1953. A self-taught artist, he experimented with Cubism in the 1920s, but... Read full biography
Painter. Born in Frankfort, IN on Sept. 5, 1884. Early in life Edwards was a daredevil and clown in a circus. He moved to Los Angeles about 1910 and for 20 years was a teacher of stagecraft at Lincoln High School. During this time he authored a play entitled 'Flamingo Arrow." An authority on American Indians, in 1928 he founded the Yato Kya Indian Museum nearby in Antelope Valley. Edwards died in Lancaster, CA on July 19, 1953. A self-taught artist, he experimented with Cubism in the 1920s, but was primarily an Impressionist who used feathery brushstrokes to create traditional landscapes. Exh: Group of Independents (LA), 1923; Eagle Rock Artists, 1929. AAA 1925; SCA. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940
Painter. Born in Frankfort, IN on Sept. 5, 1884. Early in life Edwards was a daredevil and clown in a circus. He moved to Los Angeles about 1910 and for 20 years was a teacher of stagecraft at Lincoln High School. During this time he authored a play entitled 'Flamingo Arrow." An authority on American Indians, in 1928 he founded the Yato Kya Indian Museum nearby in Antelope Valley. Edwards died in Lancaster, CA on July 19, 1953. A self-taught artist, he experimented with Cubism in the 1920s, but was primarily an Impressionist who used feathery brushstrokes to create traditional landscapes. Exh: Group of Independents (LA), 1923; Eagle Rock Artists, 1929. AAA 1925; SCA. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
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Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Adobe Structures, Pueblos
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Indians, Native American Specialty
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950