Capocelli, Leonida Edith - Lake and Mountain

Capocelli, Leonida Edith (1895-1992) Painter. Born in San Francisco, CA on Nov 12, 1895. Leonida began drawing at age 8 while attending public schools. At age 15 she studied art at the SF Institute of Art and continued for two years at Academie Julian in Paris. She married attorney Renato Capocelli in 1914 and established a home in Pacific Heights where she maintained a studio. Working in oil and watercolor, she was a skilled painter of still lifes, landscapes, scenes of SF and from her European travels. A lifelong resident of her native city, she died on Feb 24, 1992. Exh: Palace of Fine Arts, 1916, SFAA from 1916, SWA, CPLH, 1941, 1945,

DIM 16 x 29