biography of Mildred Newell POMMER (1893-1963)

Birth place: Sibley, IA

Death place: San Francisco, CA

Addresses: San Francisco

Profession: Painter, graphic artist, designer, craftsperson, teacher

Studied: Otis AI; Chouinard AI; Calif. Sch. FA, and with Beniamino Bufano.

Exhibited: Oakland A. Gal., 1932; San Francisco AA, annually, 1939 (prize); SFMA, 1939, 1943 (prize); deYoung Mem. Mus., 1952; Wash. State Fair, Puyallup; Calif. Hist. Soc.; CPLH; San Francisco Art Festival, annually.

Member: San Francisco AA; San Francisco Women Artists; Contemporary Handweavers of Calif.

Work: SFMA; Calif. Hist. Soc.; CPLH

Comments: WPA printmaker in California, 1930s.

Sources: WW59; WW47; exh. cat., Annex Gal. (Santa Rosa, CA, n.d., c.1988).