biographie de Florence TOMPKINS (1883-1963)

Birth place: Wash., DC

Death place: Pasadena, CA

Addresses: Pasadena, CA, 1932-on

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: Corcoran Sch. Art, and with Conrad Buff, Einar Hansen and others.

Exhibited: solos: Pasadena, Altadena, La Jolla, Los Angeles, Whittier, San Gabriel, Glendale, all in California, 1934-53. Awards: prizes, Los Angeles Friday Morning Club, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952; Calif. AC, 1941; Ebell Club, Los Angeles, 1942-44, 1951; Glendale AA, 1947; Bowers Mus., Santa Ana, 1947; Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, 1948, 1949; Artists of the Southwest, 1952.

Member: Calif. WC Soc.; Calif. AC; Women Painters of the West; Artists of the Southwest; Nat. Soc. Arts & Letters; Laguna Beach AA; Glendale AA; Los Angeles Art Lg.; Pasadena Soc. Artists; Pasadena FA Club; Pasadena AA.

Sources: WW59