biographie de Fortune DECONTE (1847-1897)

Birth place: France

Death place: San Francisco, CA

Profession: Painter

Studied: Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Member: Soc. of Chicago Artists

Comments: Position: Prof., Froebel Inst., Los Angeles; Dean, art departm., USC, until 1894. He lost his position at USC and died in poverty in San Francisco.

Sources: Hughes, Artists of California, 139.