Biografie von John Bond FRANCISCO (1863-1931)

Birth place: Cincinnati, OH

Death place: Los Angeles

Addresses: Los Angeles

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: Fechner, in Berlin; Nauen, in Munich; Académie Julian, Paris with Bouguereau and Robert-Fleury, 1890; also with G. Courtois in Paris.

Exhibited: Calif. Bldg., World's Columbian Expo, Chicago, 1893

Member: Laguna Beach AA; Los Angeles AA; Southern Calif. AC; Los Angeles P&S Club.

Work: LACMA; UCLA

Comments: Painter of figures and mountain landscapes. Settled in Los Angeles in 1887 and became one of its important early resident artists. He was the first concert master of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, which he helped form.

Sources: WW33; Hughes, Artists of California, 190; P&H Samuels, 175.