Cora Van Epps (1858-1947)
Hopi House, circa 1915
oil on board
Collection of Marston House Museum
Cora Van Epps (1858-1947)
River Landscape with Forest
Artist Details
Cora
Adelaide
Van Epps
Van Eps
Vaneps
Vanepps
VanEppe
Van Epps
partner: possibly Myra White
n/a
April 2, 1858
Peoria, Illinois
May 19, 1947
Los Angeles, California
1857-?: Peoria, Illinois
1908-1947: La Jolla (Park), California
1915-1947: also Los Angeles, California
Peoria, Illinois
La Jolla Park, California
Los Angeles, California
China Painter, Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
1891: student in Geneva, New York
later 1890s-?: throughout country, especially California
Array
Hughes, Edan. Artists in California, 1786-1940.
St. Gaudens, Maurine ed. Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960, 2016.
Peoria Society of Allied Arts; charter member
Peoria Art League; assistant secretary
teacher
Parents: Henry Roosevelt (?-1915) and Elizabeth L. (Buck) Van Epps; he was an inventor and manufacturer of wire and iron goods, established the Peoria Novelty Wire Works Company
won first premium in amateur division for collection of greenhouse, hot house and bedding plants in pots at 1883 State Fair