Mabel Sumerlin
Mabel Sumerlin (1879-1956) California Landscape High Summer c 1930
Regular price
$750.00
Really spectacular view of the hills around San Diego. First class work by a painter who made her life and career there.
Oil on canvas 14 x 16, frame 17 x 19.
A painter of California landscapes including historical buildings still lifes and portraits, Mabel Sumerlin was born in San Diego and remained there during most of her life. She studied locally with Charles Fries and Nicolai Fechin, and for many years had a studio in Balboa Park. She exhibited with the San Diego Art Guild, the San Diego Fine Art Gallery and the California State Fair. She was married in 1900 to Howard Sumerlin. Mabel Sumerlin died July 8, 1956 in San Diego.
Source:
Edan Hughes, “Artists in California, 1786-1940”
