Adele Watson

Fanny Adele Watson (1873-1947) was an American painter and lithographer.

Bryce Canyon c. 1930

Watson was born on April 30, 1873 in Toledo, Ohio.[1] In 1880 her family moved to Pasadena, California after the death of her father. She studied at the Art Students League of New York as a young adult, and returned to California in 1917. She traveled to Paris and became a pupil of Raphael Collin and friends with poet/artist Khalil Gibran.She exhibited and was a member of the American Artists Professional League, the Pen and Brush Club, and the Society of Independent Artists. She also exhibited her work at the National Academy of Design.[2] She was influenced by Symbolism and Mysticism.[3]

Watson died in Pasadena, California, on March 23, 1947. In 1953 the Pasadena Art Institute held a retrospective of her work.[3] Her work is in the collection of the Orange County Museum of Art.[2]