Lorenzo Palmer Latimer (1857 – January 14, 1941) was an American painter and educator. He painted and taught art in San Francisco, California and Reno, Nevada.

Lorenzo Palmer Latimer
Born1857
Gold Hill, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 14, 1941
Resting placeCypress Lawn Memorial Park
EducationMcClure Military Institute
Alma materSan Francisco Art Institute
OccupationPainter
SpouseJennie Latimer
Children1 son

Life

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Latimer was born in 1857 in Gold Hill, California (formerly, Granite Hill).[1] His father, also named Lorenzo Latimer, was a judge.[1] He was educated at the McClure Military Institute in Oakland, and he graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute.[1][2]

Latimer taught art at the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute from 1893 to 1905, and later in Ukiah.[2][3] He took annual trips to Nevada to paint from 1916 onward, and he taught in Reno.[2][3] He mentored many early 20th-century landscape painters in Nevada, including Mattie S. Conner, Marguerite Erwin, Dora Groesbeck, Hildegard Herz, Nettie McDonald, Minerva Pierce, Echo Mapes Robinson, Nevada Wilson, and Dolores Samuels Young.[4] He was the second vice president of the San Francisco Art Association from 1900 to 1912, and he founded the Latimer Art Club in Reno in 1921.[3] He won many awards at art fairs.[3]

With his wife Jennie, Latimer had a son, also named Lorenzo Latimer.[1] He died of a heart attack on January 14, 1941, in Berkeley, California, at age 83, and he was buried in the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.[1] His work can be seen at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno and the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in St. Helena, California.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Rites for Latimer, Pioneer Artist, Set". Oakland Tribune. January 17, 1941. p. 21. Retrieved July 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Lorenzo Latimer Funeral Set On Coast". Reno Gazette-Journal. January 17, 1941. p. 20. Retrieved July 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Borghi, Lillian (January 18, 1941). "Arts and Artists". Reno Gazette-Journal. p. 9. Retrieved July 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Latimer School: Lorenzo Latimer and the Latimer Art Club". Nevada Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  5. ^ "Latimer, Lorenzo P." Nevada Museum of Art. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Fine Arts". Robert Louis Stevenson Museum. Retrieved July 5, 2020.