Young, Florence Upson

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Young, Florence Upson

Young, Florence Upson (1872-1974).

Warner's Ranch-Alhambra Studio by Florence Upson Young (1872-1974)

20" x 24", Oil/Canvas, Signed Lower Left

Est.: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $4,025 on 10/25/2005
ARTIST WORLD RECORD

Born in Fort Dodge, IA on Nov. 6, 1872.

Young studied at the AIC with John Vanderpoel and the ASL in NYC under Kenyon Cox, Beckwith, Frank V. Dumond, and William M. Chase.

After one year in Holland, she had a studio in Chicago for seven years.

In 1923 she settled in Alhambra, CA where she established the Friendly Arts Club. She was a contributor to Widening Horizons in Creative Art before her death in San Gabriel, CA on Feb. 10, 1974.

Her oeuvre includes desert and Sierra landscapes, missions, Chinatown genre, and scenes from her European travels.

Member: Society for Sanity in Art; Theosophical Society of So. Calif.

Exh: Women Painters of the West, 1930-38; Palos Verde Library, 1938; Calif. State Bldg, Exposition Park, 1938 (1st prize); GGIE, 1939; Ebell Club (LA); LACMA, 1943 (award); CPLH, 1946; County Fair (LA), 1954; Greek Theatre (LA), 1955 (award).

In: Orange County (CA) Museum; Pomona College; Iowa Museum.

Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Ferdinand Perret Files; Death record; Women Artists of the American West; Who's Who in American Art 1940-62; Who's Who on the Pacific Coast 1947; Alhambra Post Advocate (obituary).

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