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1901 Glendale, Oregon - 1990 San Diego, California. Known for: Sculptor-human figure, etcher.
Before her marriage, Mabel Fairfax Smith listed herself in the San Diego directories under “artists” from 1919 to 1926, living on Pt. Loma. In 1926 she accompanied three other San Diego artists to... Read full biography
Before her marriage, Mabel Fairfax Smith listed herself in the San Diego directories under “artists” from 1919 to 1926, living on Pt. Loma. In 1926 she accompanied three other San Diego artists to the Santa Barbara School of the Arts where she studied bronze casting under Archibald Dawson from... Read full biography
Before her marriage, Mabel Fairfax Smith listed herself in the San Diego directories under “artists” from 1919 to 1926, living on Pt. Loma. In 1926 she accompanied three other San Diego artists to the Santa Barbara School of the Arts where she studied bronze casting under Archibald Dawson from Glasgow. She studied with Leo Lentelli, Joseph Pennell, George Bridgmen and Frank V. Dumond at the Art Students’ League in New York. Marrying about 1927, Karl thereafter seems to have split her time... Read full biography
Before her marriage, Mabel Fairfax Smith listed herself in the San Diego directories under “artists” from 1919 to 1926, living on Pt. Loma. In 1926 she accompanied three other San Diego artists to the Santa Barbara School of the Arts where she studied bronze casting under Archibald Dawson from Glasgow. She studied with Leo Lentelli, Joseph Pennell, George Bridgmen and Frank V. Dumond at the Art Students’ League in New York. Marrying about 1927, Karl thereafter seems to have split her time between San Diego and Houston, exhibiting in both places from the late 1920s to the early 1940s. Although primarily a sculptor working in stone, bronze and wood, she also produced prints, and taught a sketching class at the San Diego Zoo in 1930. Her work... Read full biography
Before her marriage, Mabel Fairfax Smith listed herself in the San Diego directories under “artists” from 1919 to 1926, living on Pt. Loma. In 1926 she accompanied three other San Diego artists to the Santa Barbara School of the Arts where she studied bronze casting under Archibald Dawson from Glasgow. She studied with Leo Lentelli, Joseph Pennell, George Bridgmen and Frank V. Dumond at the Art Students’ League in New York. Marrying about 1927, Karl thereafter seems to have split her time between San Diego and Houston, exhibiting in both places from the late 1920s to the early 1940s. Although primarily a sculptor working in stone, bronze and wood, she also produced prints, and taught a sketching class at the San Diego Zoo in 1930. Her work won numerous awards including a purchase prize at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston in 1934. She exhibited one of her wood pieces at t... Read full biography
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Keywords (27)
Art Method
- •Bas Relief, Wall Mounted Sculpture
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Art Students League, New York
- •San Diego Fine Arts Society
- •Southern States Art League
Art Teacher
- •Archibald Dawson
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •George Bridgman
- •Joseph Pennell
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Santa Barbara Art Center School, Student
- •Santa Barbara School of the Arts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940