biography of Evangeline L. McLeod BATTEN (1872-1960)

Birth place: Toronto, Canada

Death place: Stinson Beach, CA

Addresses: Mill Valley, CA

Profession: Painter

Studied: Mark Hopkins Art Inst. with Arthur Mathews (rcvd. a lifetime scholarship and a grant for further study under Rodin in Paris)

Exhibited: AIC; Delphian Clubs of California, 1921; Berkeley League of Fine Art, 1924; Santa Cruz Art League, 1929

Comments: She originally intended to be a sculptor, but her small stature made this difficult. In the late 1920s she and her husband moved to Europe, where they lived in France, Italy, Spain and on the Island of Mallorca. She returned to Southern California after a brief stay in Taxco, Mexico and the death of her husband.

Sources: WW21; Hughes, Artists in California, 38.