Elsie Whitaker Martínez
Elsie Whitaker Martínez | |
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This portrait of Elsie Whitaker was taken around 1907 by Laura Adams Armer. | |
| Born | Elsie Whitaker March 1, 1890 Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | January 31, 1984 (aged 93) San Francisco, California, United States |
| Known for | Bohemian artist, muse |
| Spouse | Xavier Martínez |
| Children | Micaela Martínez DuCasse |
| Father | Herman Whitaker |
Elsie Whitaker Martínez (1 March 1890 – 31 January 1984) was renowned for her beauty in youth and old age, a muse of many famed writers and artists and an associate of most people in Northern California's Bohemian community of 1906 into the 1920s. Piedmont Bohemian George Sterling called her "the Blessed Damozel."