Lillian Dake Heath
Lillian Dake Heath | |
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| Born | Lillian Josephine Dake August 2, 1864 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | August 13, 1961 (aged 97) |
| Burial place | Evergreen Cemetery, Santa Cruz, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, printmaker, educator |
| Spouse | Frank Lucien Heath (m. 1897–1921; his death) |
| Relatives | W. D. Storey (step-father), Lucien Heath (father-in-law) |
Lillian Dake Heath (née Lillian Josephine Dake; August 2, 1864 – August 13, 1961) was an American painter, printmaker, and educator. She was known for her oil paintings and watercolors of landscapes, mountains and California missions. Heath also worked in the decorative arts, with painted fine china, and weaving. She is considered one of the pioneering artists in the city of Santa Cruz.[1]
Early life, and family
[edit]Lillian Dake Heath was born as Lillian Josephine Dake, born on August 2, 1864, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[2] to parents Eliza Josephine (née Du Four) and Mose W. Dake. Her father died when she was a child. In 1877, as a teenager she moved with her widowed mother to Santa Cruz, California, where he mother married judge W. D. Storey.[2] The Storey home was on High Street (at Storey Street) in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Santa Cruz, and was demolished in 1944.[3] She graduated from Santa Cruz High School.[4]
Career and late life
[edit]In her early career Heath worked as a teacher at the Powder Mill Flat (now Paradise Park) starting in 1883.[2][5][6] She left teaching in order to move to New York City and study art.[2]
Heath returned to Santa Cruz in 1897 and studied with local artists including Lorenzo P. Latimer, Sydney J. Yard, and Frank Lucien Heath.[2][7] Dake married her teacher Frank Lucien Heath on September 22, 1897 in Santa Cruz, California.[8] They did not have any children. After marriage she lived at 1025 Third Street in Santa Cruz (formerly 21 Third Street), which was the Lucien Heath family home and is now demolished.[3][7]
Heath taught women's art classes in Santa Cruz.[2] She was a co-founder and member of the Santa Cruz Art League;[2][9][1] and was a member of the Santa Cruz Women's Club.[1][10] Heath was a long time member of the First Methodist Church (now the United Methodist Church Of Santa Cruz) in Santa Cruz.[1]
Her notable exhibitions include the Women's Exchange Exhibition (1914), and the Santa Cruz Women's Club (1954).[10]
After husband Frank died of an illness on April 21, 1921, in their home; she continued to make art from their art studio in Beach Hill.[11][10]
Heath died at age 97 on August 13, 1961, in Santa Cruz County, California.[2][1] She was interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Santa Cruz.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Lillian J. Heath, Pioneer SC Art Leader, Dies". Santa Cruz Sentinel (Obituary). August 14, 1961. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hughes, Edan Milton (1989). "Heath, Lillian Josephine Dake". Artists in California 1769–1940, II. San Francisco, California: Hughes Publishing. p. 246.
- ^ a b Chase, John; Gregory, Daniel Platt (2005). The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture. Kestrel Press. pp. 11, 122. ISBN 978-0-940283-14-5.
- ^ "HEATH–DAKE". Santa Cruz Surf. September 25, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Picnic at the Powder Mill". Santa Cruz Sentinel. June 1, 1884. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clipping". Santa Cruz Sentinel. July 20, 1886 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b American Art Annual. MacMillan Company. 1925. p. 525.
- ^ "Frank L. Heath, Vital: California, Marriages, 1850-1945". FamilySearch.org. September 22, 1897.
- ^ "Lillian Heath". AskArt.
- ^ a b c d Brown, Traci Bliss with Randall (2020). Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Cruz. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 74–75, 78–80. ISBN 978-1-4671-4386-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Artist of Note Dies At Home On Beach Hill". Santa Cruz Sentinel (Obituary). April 22, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1864 births
- 1961 deaths
- 19th-century American painters
- 19th-century American women artists
- 20th-century American painters
- 20th-century American women artists
- American landscape painters
- Artists from Milwaukee
- Educators from California
- Methodists from California
- Painters from California
- People from Santa Cruz, California