Tingle, Minnie May

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Tingle, Minnie May

Tingle, Minnie M. (1874-1926).

Bathers Laguna Beach by Minnie Tingle (1874-1926)

6.5" x 10", Oil/Masonite, Signed Lower Left

Est.: $800 - $1,200
Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $6,780 on 02/19/2008
ARTIST WORLD RECORD

Born in Shelby County, MO on May 28, 1874.

Tingle studied at Hardin College. A talented lady, she was an accomplished pianist and poet as well as a fine painter.

During the last few years of her life, she painted a set of all the California missions which she donated to LACMA after their exhibition there in 1925.

She died in Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 1926.

Exh: Calif. Art Club, 1923; Laguna Beach AA, 1924; Athletic Club (LA), 1925; West Coast Arts, 1925; LACMA, 1925 (solo).

Source:
Edan Hughes, “Artists in California, 1786-1940”
American Art Annual 1925; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Los Angeles Times, 2-22-1926 (obituary).

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