San Diego Landscape Painters Frank Heath View from Shirley and DeWitts Addition Frank Heath American, 1857-1921 Oil on Canvas, 1888 Signed LR: F.L. Heath Titled, inscribed, and dated on reverse 24 x 43 3/4 inches Collection of the San Diego Historical Society, 1900.1.5 Sunset Near La Jolla Frank Heath American, 1857-1921 Oil on Canvas, 1885 Signed LR: F. L. Heath 18 x 28 inches Courtesy of Estelle and Jim Milch Heath, Frank L. (1857-1921) Painter Born in Portland, Oregon in 1857. In 1863 Heath moved with his family to Santa Cruz, California where he spent his childhood. His father, Lucien Heath, was president of the County Bank of Santa Cruz and was twice elected to the California State Legislature. The younger Heath showed artistic talent at an early age and studied art in San Francisco at the School of Design under Raymond Yelland. Following graduation from that school, he opened a studio in San Francisco where he painted and exhibited for 11 years before returning to Santa Cruz. From his studio on Beach Hill overlooking the bay, he painted many marines and landscapes and took his many students on painting excursions. This group of artists was known as the Jolly Daubers and was the forerunner of the Santa Cruz Art League, which Heath established with Margaret Rogers in 1919 and served as its first president. Heath was active in Santa Cruz until his death there on April 21, 1921. Realistically depicted, his works show the influence of Yelland. Exhibited: California State Fair, 1888; World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; St. Louis World's Fair, 1903. Works held: San Diego Historical Society; Society of California Pioneers; Yosemite Museum; First Methodist Church, Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz Public Library. Source: The Golden Era magazine, June 1885; Art and Artists in Santa Cruz cat.; Western Woman, vol. 13, no. 4, 1949.