Edith Hamlin
Edith Hamlin | |
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Hamlin, photo by Sonya Noskowiak | |
| Born | June 23, 1902 |
| Died | February 18, 1992 (aged 89) San Francisco, California, US |
| Alma mater | California School of Fine Arts Columbia University |
| Known for | Painting, murals |
| Movement | Social realism |
| Spouse(s) | Albert Barrows (1933–1936) Maynard Dixon (1937–1946) |
Edith Ann Hamlin (June 23, 1902 – February 18, 1992) was an American landscape and portrait painter, and muralist. She is known for her social realism murals created while working with the Public Works of Art Project, Federal Art Project and the Section of Painting and Sculpture during the Great Depression era in the United States and for her decorative style paintings of the American desert.