Edith Hamlin

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.

Edith Hamlin
Hamlin, photo by Sonya Noskowiak
BornJune 23, 1902
DiedFebruary 18, 1992 (aged 89)
San Francisco, California, US
Alma materCalifornia School of Fine Arts
Columbia University
Known forPainting, murals
MovementSocial realism
Spouse(s)Albert Barrows (1933–1936)
Maynard Dixon (1937–1946)
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