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Russell, Shirley Hopper, 1886-

 Person

Biography

Born in 1886 in Clifton, California. Painted flowers, seascapes and portraits and worked as an art teacher. Studied at the School of Fine Arts and Crafts in Oakland and the School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Mentors in the U.S. included Rico Lebrun and Hans Hofmann. Also studied at two art schools in France and with Andre Lhote in Paris. See Chris Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1985), 616.

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Russell, Shirley

 File — Box SC125 Box 15: Series 2 [Barcode: U185012644802], Folder: 49
Identifier: Sub-series 1.1
Subseries Scope and Content From the Sub-Series:

The Artists Files subseries contains information related to the artist and their works includes photographs, programs, articles and correspondence used in research for specific artists within the collection.

Dates: 1777 - 2009