Biografie von Jena Wolverton PETITE (1892-1974)

Birth place: Tacoma, WA

Death place: Seattle, WA

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Reed College; Central Wash. College; with Paul Immel, Helen Everett

Comments: Primarily a wildlife illustrator, she illustrated books, written by her son Irving. Her bird paintings were made into slides for public schools, and in the mid 1940s, she illustrated a booklet on the most important birds of Point Lobos, CA.

Sources: Trip and Cook, Washington State Art and Artists.