Lucille Wilcox Joullin (1876–1924) was an American

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known for her landscapes of

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and the Pueblo Indians of

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Biography

Lucille (or Lucile) Wilcox Joullin was born in Geneseo,

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on September 6, 1876. She worked with

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at the

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. In 1894, she went to

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. Her first marriage was to artist Jules Mersfelder. Her second was to

Amédée Joullin Amédée Joullin (3 June 1862, in San Francisco – 3 February 1917, in San Francisco) was a French American painter whose work centered on the landscapes of California and on Native Americans. Biography He was born in San Francisco to Fre ...

(a painter himself) in 1907. The couple went on an extended honeymoon in

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, returning to San Francisco in 1909. After the death of her husband in 1917, she married Edward H. Benjamin, a

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,Mining and scientific press, Volume 119.Dewey Pub. Co., 1919 and spent long periods in

. She lived in San Francisco until her death on June 5, 1924.

Exhibitions

* ''

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'', 1905. * ''

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'', 1906. * ''Sketch Club'' (San Francisco), 1906. * ''Paris Salon'', 1908. * ''Rabjohn & Morcom'' (San Francisco), 1915 (solo). * ''Kanst Galleries'' (Los Angeles), 1923.

Museum collection

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Notes

References

* Phil Kovinick, Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, ''An encyclopedia of women artists of the American West''. University of Texas Press. 1998. *

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, ''New Mexico, the land of the delight makers''. The Page company. 1920. * Robert R. Preato, ''The genius of the fair muse: painting and sculpture : celebrating American women artists 1875 to 1945''. Grand Central Art Galleries. 1987.

External links

* Lucille Wilcox Joullin Benjamin on Askar

* Lucille Wilcox Joullin on America's Distinguished Artist

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