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1) Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 10, 1873 to 77 to May 22, 1954 (aged 80 to 84), was an American plein air painter in watercolors and oils.
2) Her English mother & Irish grandfather were also painters. She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago, and under William Merritt Chase in New York. Later, she taught in public schools and at AIC.
3) She was a member of the New York Watercolor Club. She painted primarily figures & portraits in the east & then changed to landscapes of the dramatic Californian & Southwestern terrain.
4) Her medium of choice was watercolor, but she began painting in oils after her husband's death. She was an involved in a number of arts organizations in the Southern California area.
5) In 2010 an exhibit of Wachtel's work & that of two other turn of the century artists was held at the Saint Mary's College Museum of Art. There were nearly 100 landscape paintings of CA made by them.
6) Among the collections that hold her works are: California State Building in Sacramento, Cedar Rapids Museum in Iowa, Friday Morning Club in LA, & Women's Club in Hollywood.
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