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1870 San Francisco, California - 1955 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Landscape, portrait, and mural painting, craftsperson.
Born in San Francisco, California on August 29, 1870, Lucia Mathews began drawing at an early age. After one year at Mills College, she enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute where she studied... Read full biography
Born in San Francisco, California on August 29, 1870, Lucia Mathews began drawing at an early age. After one year at Mills College, she enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute where she studied with Arthur Mathews. A romance blossomed and they were married in 1894. The couple went on to become... Read full biography
Born in San Francisco, California on August 29, 1870, Lucia Mathews began drawing at an early age. After one year at Mills College, she enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute where she studied with Arthur Mathews. A romance blossomed and they were married in 1894. The couple went on to become one of the most influential and important art forces in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. They were the leaders of the California Decorative Style, which was the West Coast expression of the arts and... Read full biography
Born in San Francisco, California on August 29, 1870, Lucia Mathews began drawing at an early age. After one year at Mills College, she enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute where she studied with Arthur Mathews. A romance blossomed and they were married in 1894. The couple went on to become one of the most influential and important art forces in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. They were the leaders of the California Decorative Style, which was the West Coast expression of the arts and crafts movement. In 1899 she studied in Paris at Académie Carmen and was influenced by Whistler. After the fire of 1906, their workshop was at 1717 California Street where their tremendous output included murals, paintings, furniture, frames,... Read full biography
Born in San Francisco, California on August 29, 1870, Lucia Mathews began drawing at an early age. After one year at Mills College, she enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute where she studied with Arthur Mathews. A romance blossomed and they were married in 1894. The couple went on to become one of the most influential and important art forces in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. They were the leaders of the California Decorative Style, which was the West Coast expression of the arts and crafts movement. In 1899 she studied in Paris at Académie Carmen and was influenced by Whistler. After the fire of 1906, their workshop was at 1717 California Street where their tremendous output included murals, paintings, furniture, frames, candlesticks, and other hand-crafted and hand-painted objets d'art. Her furniture was often decorat. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940".... Read full biography
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Keywords (36)
Art Method
- •Craftsperson, Handicrafts
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •Europe
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •San Francisco Art Association-
Art Teacher
- •Arthur Mathews
- •James McNeill Whistler
Art School
- •Academie Carmen, Paris (James Whistler)
- •California School of Design, Mark Hopkins Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Arts and Crafts Movement, Late 19th/Early 20th Centuries
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York