biography of Albert Thomas DEROME (1885-1959)

Birth place: Cayucos, CA

Death place: Carmel, CA

Addresses: San Francisco, CA; Carmel, CA

Profession: Painter

Studied: Mark Hopkins Inst., with Mathews, Stanton, Latimer

Exhibited: Calif. State Fairs, Sacramento; Monterey County Fairs; Santa Cruz AL; UC Santa Cruz, 1985; Gump's, San Francisco, 1986, 1987 (solo); Carmel AA, 1987; WIM Fine Arts, 1988 (Oakland)

Member: Carmel AA; Calif. Coll. of Arts and Crafts (trustee)

Comments: His sketching partners and friends included William Keith, Carlos Hittell, Will Sparks, Frank Moore, Percy Gray and Gunnar Widforss (see entries); he took painting expeditions in California, also to Nevada and Arizona. De Rome was a member of the Swedenborgians. After a serious auto accident in 1931 he gradually recovered his ability to paint, however because of the insurance, he was not allowed to sell his works or exhibit professionally. He did exhibit as an amateur and also gave away many of his paintings to friends.

Sources: Walter Nelson-Rees, Albert Thomas DeRome, WIM Fine Arts, 1988; Hughes, Artists of California, 144.