Laura W. Maxwell
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Laura W. Maxwell | |
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 Maxwell with her painting Lillies | |
| Born | Laura Amelia Wasson October 13, 1877 Carson City, Nevada, U.S. |
| Died | 7 August 1967 (aged 89) |
| Education | Académie Julian |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Known for | Watercolor painting |
| Spouse | William Lindsey Maxwell
(m. 1899; died 1928) |
| Children | 1 |
Laura W. Maxwell (October 13, 1877 – August 7, 1967), also known as Laura Maxwell, was an American artist. She painted in oil and watercolor; her subjects included landscape, floral, and marine-themes which were exhibited in various art centers. She helped to establish the Carmel Art Association.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Maxwell was born on October 13, 1877, in Carson City, Nevada. She was the daughter of Colonel Warren Wasson (1833–1896) and Grace Adelaide Augusta Treadway (1839–1906). Her father was an early pioneer of Nevada.[3][1] In Italy she studied at the Cainni Studio in Italy, and also with Max Banka.[4]
She traveled throughout her life, to Asia, Italy, France, the Balkans, and to remote areas of Mexico. She met and later married Captain William Lindsey Maxwell (1870–1928) of the United States Navy on August 25, 1988, in San Francisco, California. Her husband served a short term as mayor of Carmel in 1922.[5]
Career
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Maxwell's travels with her husband provided her with subjects to paint.[6] During the summer she would sketch various locations across the United States and Europe. She spent four years studying at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1918 where she met artist students from the Monterey Peninsula, such as Francis McComas and Charles Rollo Peters.[6]
Her artwork was exhibited at the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club, and she painted, along with other local artists, the scenery for the club's production of Josephine Preston Peabody's "The Piper" at the Forest Theater that ran for two days in 1916.[7]
In August 1917, she exhibited Carmel seascapes at the Hotel Clark in Los Angeles, and at the Healy Gallery, St. Louis.[6][8] In 1918, she had an exhibition of Monterey landscapes at the Rabjohn Galleries in San Francisco. Her subjects included sand dunes, patio gardens, oak trees, and other Monterey and Carmel scenes.[6]
In January 1941, Maxwell gave a demonstration of flower arranging for painting at the Salinas Woman's Club's Garden.[9][better source needed] In March 1953, she gave a talk at the Santa Cruz Art League, on how to use watercolors alongside examples of her watercolor flower studies.[4][better source needed]
Death
[edit]At the age of 90, Laura Maxwell died on August 7, 1967, at the Ford Ord Hospital in Marina, California.[1][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Laura Maxwell". Carmel Pine Cone. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. August 17, 1967. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ Phil Kovinick, Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick (1998). An encyclopedia of women artists of the American West. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292790636. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "History of Nevada County, California : with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, residences, public buildings, fine blocks, and manufactories". Thompson & West. Oakland, California. 1880.
- ^ a b "Carmel Painter Will Be Guest Of Art Leqgue". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. March 29, 1953. p. 24. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Artist Trustees Of Carmel Take Oath Of Office". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. April 19, 1922. p. 11. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Anna Cora Winchell (October 27, 1918). "Artists and Their Work". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. p. 3. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Finish Rehearsals For Carmel Plays". Monterey Daily Cypress and Monterey American. Monterey, California. June 28, 1916. p. 4. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "Exhibits Own Paintings". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. August 30, 1917. p. 13. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Club's Garden Section To Hear Discussion By Carmel Woman". The Californian. Salinas, California. January 15, 1941. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
- ^ "Obituary", Monterey Peninsula Herald, August 8, 1967
External links
[edit]- Laura Maxwell interviewed by Betty Hoag McGlynn
- Yesterday's Artists of the Monterey Peninsula
- Monterey, the Artist's View, 1925-1945
- Six early women artists: a diversity of style: a special exhibition presented by the Carmel Art Association
