Edna Stoddart

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Edna Stoddart
BornJanuary 9, 1888
Oakland, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 22, 1966
Mexico
Resting placeSan Luis Potosí, Mexico
EducationMills College
California College of the Arts
California School of Fine Arts
OccupationPainter, diarist
Spouse(s)Louis Siegriest
Children1 son, 1 daughter
RelativesJosephine Earp (aunt)
Lundy Siegriest (stepson)

Edna Stoddart (9 January 1888–22 December 1966) was an American painter and diarist.

Life[]

Edna Anita Lehnhardt was born January 9, 1888 in Oakland, California to Emil Henry Lehnhardt (1857–1911) and Henrietta W. “Hattie” (Marcus) Lehnhardt (1863–1936).[1] Her aunt was Josephine Earp.[2] She graduated from Mills College, the California College of the Arts, and the California School of Fine Arts.[1][3] She was trained by Jean Varda, David Park, Mark Rothko, Felix Ruvolo, and Glenn Wessels.[4]

Stoddart became an oil painter.[1] According to Mick Gidley, an Emeritus Professor of American Literature & Culture at the University of Leeds, Stoddart's "brightly coloured pictures looked like illustrations to lost or unwritten fairy tales, and teemed with creatures, both familiar and exotic."[2] Stoddart exhibited her work in the United States, Canada and Mexico.[1] She was also a life-long diarist.[2]

Stoddart had a son, Emil Josef Cowing (1912–1973), and a daughter, Marjorie Joel (Cowing) Macartney (1909–1996), from a previous marriage to Estes Joseph Cowing (1888–1946). In 1920 she married Herbert Allen Stoddart (1883–1929). She later married painter Louis Siegriest, and they resided in Oakland.[4] Her stepson, Lundy Siegriest, was also a painter.[3]

Stoddart died of a heart attack on December 22, 1966 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where she was on holiday with her husband at the Siegriests' second home. She was buried in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.[3] Her diaries were bequeathed to the Smithsonian Institution.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "One-Woman Art Exhibit At College". The Times. October 20, 1966. p. 16. Retrieved April 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d Gidley, Mick (2010). Writing with Light: Words and Photographs in American Texts. New York: Peter Lang. pp. 14–16. ISBN 9783039115723. OCLC 608728963.
  3. ^ a b c "Edna Stoddart Funeral Rites Held in Mexico". Oakland Tribune. December 23, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved April 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b Dungan Cross, Miriam (January 1, 1967). "Eulogy for Oakland Artist". Oakland Tribune. p. 66. Retrieved April 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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