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Emile M. Pissis, artist
American, 1854 - 1934
City Hall from Golden Gate Avenue, 1906
watercolor on paper
24.8 x 35.6 cm (sheet)
Gift of Mrs. Horace L. Hill 1964.66

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Artist Biography: Lifelong San Francisco resident. Co-founder of San Francisco Art Association in 1871. Studied at Academie Julien in Paris 1871-1875.Brother of Albert Pissis, well known San Francisco architect. Lived very comfortably. Never married, never sold a picture, rarely exhibited. Lost many works in 1906 fire.