Florence Young (American, 1872 - 1974) 
 
Beautiful oil on canvas painting measuring 15" x 30" or in the ornate gold frame dimensions of 18-1/2" x 33-1/2" depicting a high desert landscape with smoke trees, beautiful flowers and a backdrop of snow capped mountains, signed lower left F. Young. The painting is in very good conditions with no paint loss, in-painting or any other visible defects. 

Biography: 

Florence Young was born on November 6, 1872, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the daughter of Issac Marshall Young and Harriett M. (Hutchinson) Young. After graduating from high school in Fort Dodge, she studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with John Vanderpoel and at the Art Students League in New York. At various times she was a pupil of Kenyon Cox, James Carrol Beck with, Frank Du Mond, William Merritt Chase, Wilbur Reaser, and Nicolai Fechin. In 1900, while living in Iowa, sheidentified herself as an artist on the United States Census. By 1920, she was a resident of California, living in Long Beach with her parents. She remained a resident of the state for the rest of her life, relocating to Alhambra,California, by 1930 where she remained. 

Florence was a member of the Women Painters of the West, the Valley Artists Guild, and the Society for Sanity in Art. She exhibited frequently throughout her career with numerous art organizations and galleries in New York, Iowa, and California, including Palos Verde Library,1938 (first prize); California State Building Exposition Park, Los Angeles,1938 (first prize); San Gabriel Artists Guild; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; Los Angeles Public Library; Ebell Club; Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art, 1943 (prizes); Friday Morning Club;Artists of the Southwest, 1951; and City Hall, Los Angeles; Greek Theater, 1955(award), 1958, Los Angeles, all in California. Her work is in the collections of the Orange County Museum of Art, California and Pomona College, California. 

Florence Young passed away on February 10, 1974,in San Gabriel, California.