Charles Frederick Krantz
1881 - 1959
Tamalais Valley was a favorite painting area, and he painted his oils very thinly on inexpensive cotton canvas with no varnish. He left a portfolio of watercolor and gouache paintings of every variety of orchid he could find.
He showed early art talent, and by age 18 was working as a sign painter. In 1945, after the death of his wife, he occupied a home in Fairfax, with a yard filled with flowers that he painted daily. He was a frail, small man with a high-pitched voice and was quite deaf.
He died at San Rafael, California General Hospital on Sept. 11, 1959. His work is in the California Historical Society.
Source:
AskArt.com
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; Interview with artist or his/her family; Death Record
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