Raymer Society Consignment Art Auction
Lot 85:
Description
Deere, Lydia (1873-1923) The Old Homestead, lithograph, pencil signed in lower left, fair condition, overall toning, no mat or frame, image size: 11 x 15 inches. Born in Holmes City, Minnesota on August 22, 1873 and died in Lindsborg, Kansas, July, 1943, Lydia Deere was a teacher and a painter who specialized in landscapes and floral still lifes.Her family moved to McPherson, Kansas in 1880, and she earned a BA from McPherson College. She moved to Lindsborg and opened a millinery store and then was principal and teacher at the Lane Hart Women’s Dormitory in 1907.She married Professor Emil O. Deere of Lindsborg and earned a BFA from Bethany College in 1923. She was employed as an instructor in art at Bethany College, Lindsborg, 1924-31.
Condition: fair condition, overall toning, no mat or frame
Dimensions: 14 x 19.25 in
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