biography of James Montrose Dunca OLMSTED (1886-1956)

Birth place: Lake City, IA

Death place: Berkeley, CA

Addresses: New England; Berkeley, CA

Profession: Painter

Studied: Middlebury (VT) College (chemistry); Rhodes Scholar, Oxford; Harvard Univ. (Ph.D., 1920); self-taught as an artist

Exhibited: Bay Region AA, 1935

Member: Calif. WCS

Comments: An eminent scientist, he was also active as an artist, primarily painting in watercolor.

Sources: Hughes, Artists of California, 413.