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1882 Cleveland, Ohio - 1964 Los Angeles, Californnia. Known for: Floral-botanic, genre and figure painting.
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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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
Art Teacher
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •Robert Henri
- •William Merritt Chase
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Botany Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club
- •Painters & Sculptors Club of Los Angeles-