The Journal of San Diego History
SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Summer 1986, Volume 32, Number 3
Thomas L. Scharf, Editor
Painting Ladies ~ The Artists ~ The Images
b. La Grange, Missouri October 15, 1895
d. San Diego, California February 20, 1976
Rose moved to San Diego with her family in 1898. She studied painting under Maurice Braun and Charles Reiffel and was a member of the San Diego Art Guild. She exhibited throughout the state in the 1930s and 1940s; one of her paintings was exhibited at the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935. Her work received an honorable mention at the California State Fair in 1947, and she continued to paint until the late 1950s.
(Ref. SDHC curatorial files)