Will Sparks - "Mission La Purisima Conception"
Painting, oil on canvas, 16" x 22".
In 1891, he settled in San Francisco, establishing a studio at 163 Sutter Street. He combined illustration work and writing for the San Francisco Evening Call with easel painting including all of the California missions. He was a member of the Bohemian Club, a free-spirited, fun loving group that lived "hand-to-mouth" for their art.
In 1904, he joined the faculty of the University of California, doing anatomy drawings for medical classes, and in 1907, he was a founder of the Del Monte Art Gallery. He died in San Francisco on March 30, 1937.
His paintings are in the collections of the Huntington Library in San Marino and the Crocker Museum in Sacramento.
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