biography of Garnet D. (Mrs. LS) GROSSE (1895-?)

Birth place: Genda, KS

Addresses: Scottsdale, AZ

Profession: Painter, designer, writer, lecturer, critic

Studied: W. Paxton; P.W. Nahl; F. Meyer, in Berlin; R. du Quillan, Charles Bensco, in Paris; Berlin; Calif. College Arts & Crafts; ASL; NAD; Univ. Southern Calif.; W. Judson; Xavier Maritinez; C. Chapman; N.C. Wyeth; Woodbury College; Univ. California; NAD.

Exhibited: Calif. State Fair, 1911 (prize); Arizona State Fair, 1919 (prize); Arizona State Contest, 1918 (prize); Painters of Far West, 1924; Nat. Art Week, 1922-36; Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles, 1924; Sesqui-Centenn. Expo, Phila., 1926; Arizona MA, 1930 (medal), 1938 (medal), 1949 (solo); Arizona Brick & Tile Co., 1922 (prize); Woman's Home Companion, 1922 (prize); Gen. Fed. Women's Club 1930 (prize), 1931; Gen. Fed. Women's Club, Denver, 1931 (prize), 1934 (medal), Scottsdale SA, 1937 (medal);Western Fed., 1937 (prize); Laguna Beach AA, 1939; Phoenix FAA, annually; P&S, 1940; AAPL, 1936-42 (prize), 1944 (prize), 1945 (prize), 1947 (prize), 1949 (prize), 1951, 1952 (prize), 1953 (prize); SC; PAFA, 1941; Townsend's Gal., Flagstaff, 1946; Phoenix FAA, 1952; NAC, 1951; Douglas Bank, Scottsdale, 1952; Paris, France, 1950 (solo); Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, 1949 (solo); Goldwaters, Phoenix, 1951 (solo); Townsend's, Prescott, AZ, 1948 (solo); Phoenix AC, 1954 (solo). Awards: fellowship, College FA, Univ. So. California, 1935.

Member: All.Artists Am.; AFA; Am. Artists Congress; Phoenix FAA; Phoenix AC; Scottsdale SA; AAPL (nat. exec. committee); Charcoal Club; Western Acad. Art; Nat. Art Soc. (nat. pres.); Gen. Fed. Women's Club (chmn., Nat. FA Board); Scottsdale Art Colony (founder, pres.).

Work: Arizona MA; Scottsdale Women's Club; Williams Field, AZ; Tempe (AZ) College; hotel, Catalina Island, CA; YWCA, Phoenix; Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles; Rockfeller Center, NYC; figures, paintings, murals, Tiffany's, NY; Whistler House, Lowell, MA; YWCA, New York; U.S. Govt.

Comments: Author: Year Book, Scottsdale Art Colony. Position: founder, Nat. Art Week . Contributor of articles to Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs Club-Woman."

Sources: WW59; WW47."