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ARTIST: Mary Elizabeth King (California, District Of Columbia, Missouri, 1899-1991) NAME: Waterfall Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 8 x 10 inches / 20 x 25 cm FRAME SIZE: 14 x 16 inches / 35 x 40 cm SIGNATURE: lower left NAME VARIANTS: Mary Elizabeth Maxes CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 122623 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Springfield, Missiouri on January 19, 1899, Mary King studied at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Academie Julian in Paris, Chelsea Art School in London, and with Savini in Florence. By the late 1930s she was a resident of San Francisco. In 1947 she married James J. Loftus. She died in Washington, DC on January 15, 1991. Primarily a miniature painter, she also was a competent landscape painter.