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MISS SUSAN SROUFE
MISS SUSAN SROUFE is a talented artist of San Francisco
whose work is attracting much attention. She is a native of California,
and her parents are honored residents of this city. They emigrated from Ohio,
the State in which they were born, when gold was first discovered in California,
making the Journey overland with their own teams. They were four months on the
way, but had a comparatively easy trip.
Miss
Sroufe in early life betrayed her talent for drawing, and in the public schools received her first
instruction in the art. After leaving school she received lessons from the best
teachers, and made steady progress. She then spent three years abroad, studying
in Munich and Paris.
She prefers the French schools, and one of her subject was exhibited in the
Paris Salon, receiving favorable mention; the same subject was published in the
“American Ideals.” At the end of three years spent so pleasantly and profitably
in the study of the master pieces of the world, she returned to San
Francisco and opened a studio. She has a beautiful
suite of rooms which are decorated with her own work. Among the finished pieces
are “Lake Tahoe” and “On the Trail,” which attracts the
artist’s eye at once. There are many smaller studies which are executed with
the true artist’s skill and betray the unmistakable
genius of the hand that has fashioned so true to nature.
As
a pastime Miss Sroufe has taken-up woodcarving, in
which she also excels. She has finished some work of the most elaborate and artistic
design which are a most tasteful addition to the other decorations of her
studio.
Transcribed by Kim Buck.
Source: "The Bay of San
Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 522, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2006 Kim Buck.
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