Marie Boening Kendall Explained

Marie Boening Kendall (1885–1953) was an American painter.

Life

Born in Mount Morris, New York, Kendall studied in New York City under William Merritt Chase. In California she attended the Los Angeles College of Fine Arts, studying with Jean Mannheim. Her paintings are in numerous California collections.[1] A 1903 graduate of Central Michigan University, Kendall and her sister soon thereafter moved to California, settling in the town of Redlands. Around 1912 Marie married journalism teacher Dudley Kendall, with whom she moved to Laguna Beach in 1921. She traveled widely throughout North America in search of subject matter.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jules Heller. Nancy G. Heller. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 19 December 2013. Routledge. 978-1-135-63882-5.
  2. Web site: Marie Boening Kendall Sycamores California. 27 January 2017.