Eva Auld Watson (1888 – December 16, 1948) was an American painter, printmaker, muralist, illustrator and bookbinder.

Biography

Eva Auld Watson was born as Eva Auld on a cattle ranch in

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in 1888. She attended the

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where she attended classes of

Ernest William Watson Ernest William Watson (January 14, 1884, Conway, Massachusetts – January 23, 1969, New Rochelle, New York) was an American painter, illustrator and writer. Biography He graduated from the Massachusetts Normal School of Art in Boston in 1906 ...

whom she married on June 21, 1911 in

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. They had two sons, Lyn (Merlin) Auld Watson and painter Aldren Auld Watson (1917-2013). Watson's prints were highly stylized and studied, developed and used similar blockprinting techniques to Ernest. In 1940, she illustrated ''Chuck Martinez'' by

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which was published by Longmans, Green and Company. Watson exhibited work at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, the

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and the U.S. National Museum,

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. She died in New York City on December 16, 1948.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Eva Auld 1888 births 1948 deaths 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women painters People from Bandera, Texas 20th-century American printmakers Painters from Texas American muralists American women muralists American women illustrators Bookbinders American women printmakers