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[ART] Clara Taggart McChesney (1860/61-1928) American painter and writer known for her figurative painting, landscapes and scenes and people of Holland. McChesney began her art studies in San Francisco with Virgil Williams at the California School of Design, before moving to New York City to continue her studies with H. S. Mowbray and J. C. Beckwith. This was followed by a move to Paris, where she enrolled in the Acad_mie Colarossi and studied with Courtois. MacChesney exhibited watercolors at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and was awarded a medal for her work. An article in The San Francisco Call announced that she had placed two paintings in the 1900 Worlds Exposition in Paris, and remarked that: "Both American and foreign artists have referred to Miss McChesney as 'America's foremost woman painter.' " She would later exhibit at the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair, winning a bronze medal. Offered here is a signed photograph of her painting BLIND FIDDLER. The photo 6 x 4.5 in. is mounted to 12 x 9-3/4 in. board. Signed on the mountboard. VG.