Artist

Elmer Wachtel

born Baltimore, MD 1864-died Guadalajara, Mexico 1929
Born
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died
Guadalajara, Mexico
Active in
  • Los Angeles, California, United States
Biography

At the age of eighteen, Wachtel moved to San Gabriel, California. He and his wife Marion Kavanaugh, also an artist, settled in Pasadena in 1904. Wachtel was among the first professional artists to live in the Los Angeles area and supplemented his income by becoming the first violinist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Tiffany Farrell "California Dreaming," 1001 Days and Nights of American Art Web site, entry for September 28, 2001 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2001).

Works by this artist (9 items)

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Sarah Goodridge, Gilbert Stuart, 1825-1827, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.16
Gilbert Stuart
Artist
Date1825-1827
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Sarah Goodridge, Betsy Goodridge, ca. 1840, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1963.9.3
Betsy Goodridge
Artist
Dateca. 1840
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Sarah Goodridge, Edward Appleton, ca. 1835, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1942.11.3
Edward Appleton
Artist
Dateca. 1835
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Sarah Goodridge, Emily Appleton, ca. 1844, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1942.11.1
Emily Appleton
Artist
Dateca. 1844
watercolor on ivory
Not on view