April 17, 2024
Helen E. Coan -Seated Woman, 1897 -Early California Watercolor
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Helen E. Coan -Seated Woman, 1897 -Early California Watercolor Offered here is a fine original watercolor by early California artist Helen E. Coan, circa 1897. Painting is signed lower right H. E. Coan and dated '97. The painting size is 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (sight) and the overall framed size is 21 x 17 inches. Painting is in excellent original condition with fresh color and no foxing or other problems. Includes acid-free matting and original 19th century gilt frame. ------------------------------------------ Helen E. Coan (1859-1938) Born in Byron, NY on Dec. 20, 1859. Coan grew up in Michigan. She studied with Frederick Freer and William Merritt Chase at the Art Student League in NYC and later with Arthur Wesley Dow. After settling in Los Angeles in 1884, she taught at the ASL and in 1910 opened an art school in the YWCA. She lived in Los Angeles except for brief periods in Seattle (1891) and San Francisco (1904-05). Working in oil and watercolor, her subjects include floral and fruit still lifes, Chinese and Mexican genre, crumbling missions and adobes, and other romantic depictions of the California scene. Due to arthritis, she did not paint after 1926. A spinster, Coan died in Los Angeles on Oct. 14, 1938. Member: LA AA; Calif. Art Club. Exh: Calif. State Fair, 1889-1900; Byrson Bldg (LA), 1891; World's Columbian Expo (Chicago)
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