biography of Joane CROMWELL (1895-1969)

Birth place: Lewiston, IL

Death place: Laguna Beach, CA

Addresses: Dana Point, CA; Laguna Beach, CA, from c.1925

Profession: Painter, illustrator, teacher

Studied: AIC; Otis AI; Edgar A. Paine; Jack Wilkinson Smith; with Anna Hills at Laguna Beach

Exhibited: Laguna Beach Art Gal., 1922-61; Artists' Fiesta, Los Angeles, 1931; Ebell Club, Los Angeles (five gold medals); GGE, 1939; LACMA; Balboa Park Art Gal.; Palm Desert Art Gal., Palm Springs, CA; AIC.

Member: Laguna Beach AA (charter mem. & curator); Desert AC Assoc.; Laguna Beach Festival AA

Work: Murals, Hollywood Park, CA, 1941; Santa Anita Race Course, Los Angeles, 1939; St. George (Utah) H.S.; Millersburgh Military Inst., KY

Comments: She specialized in scenes of the Calif. coast. Artist on syndicated feature Romance of Flowers," 1956-58. Her married names were Blakley, Cromwell, Christian, and Liddle.

Sources: WW59; WW47; WW27 (Strode); Hughes, Artists in California, 541; Art by American Women: . . . the Collection of L. and A. Sellars, 55."