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Helen Forbes

American painter (1891-1945) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 54

Helen Katharine Forbes was a Californian artist and arts educator specializing in etching, murals and painting. She is best known for western landscapes, portrait paintings, and her murals with the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and Work Progress Administration (WPA).

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Forbes was skilled in painting in oil, watercolor, and egg tempera. She painted landscapes of Mexico, Mono Lake and the Sierras in the 1920s, desert scenes of Death Valley in the 1930s, and portraits and still-lifes.

Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1945 · aged 54