biografía de Kathryn Woodman LEIGHTON (1876-1952)

Lugar de nacimiento: Plainfield, NH

Lugar de defunción: Los Angeles, CA

Direcciones: Los Angeles

Profesión: Painter

Estudios: Boston Normal Art Sch.; Paris; Vienna; Stickney Sch. Art, Pasadena, CA

Exposiciones: San Fran. AA, 1924; Stendahl Gals., Los Angeles; Abbey Gals., London, 1929; Knoedler Gal., Paris, 1930; Calif. State Fair, 1930; LACMA, 1932, 1940; Calif. AC, 24 annuals, held at the Los Angeles Mus. of Hist., Science & Art, from 1914-38, 1936 (prize); Ebell Club, Los Angeles, 1937 (prize); GGE, 1939; CPLH, 1945.

Asociaciones: Calif. AC (pres.); West Coast Arts; Biltmore Painters of the West; Los Angeles AA; Artland Club, Los Angeles

Obra: Los Angeles Mus. Hist., Science & Art; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL; Gary (IN) H.S.; Univ. Southern California; Gilcrease Inst.

Comentarios: Specialty: portraits of Montana Blackfeet Indians, Sioux and Cherokee. She spent many summers with the Blackfeet and was adopted into their tribe. During her lifetime she painted c.700 portraits of Native Americans. Before 1918 she painted panoramic landscapes in Glacier National Park.

Fuentes: WW53; WW47. More recently, see Hughes, Artists of California, 331; Art by American Women: ...the Collection of L. and A. Sellars, 35; Trenton, ed. Independent Spirits, 57.