Frank Liddell 1st CAC President, 1909-1910
Frank Rennsselear Liddell
(1864 – 1923)
Painter. Born in Wisconsin on September 4, 1864. Liddell settled in Los Angeles in 1883. A banker, he was self-taught artist who painted oils and watercolors as a hobby. By 1890 he was a competent landscape painter. While active in the local art scene, he was a founder of the Painters’ Club and the first president of the California Art Club. Liddell was active in Los Angeles until his death on November 9, 1923.
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Source:
Edan Milton Hughes,
Artists in California 1786 – 1940
Member:
California Art Club (President, 1909-1910)
Painters’ Club of Los Angeles