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Outdoor Painters
 Maynard
Dixon
By Armand Cabrera
Lafayette Maynard Dixon was born in 1875 in Fresno,
California. He began drawing at age seven and was encouraged
by his mother and grandfather to develop his talent. Growing
up on his grandfather’s ranch, Maynard had plenty
of subject matter for his art. When Maynard was sixteen,
his father died and the family soon moved to Alameda, California.
Maynard enrolled in the San Francisco School of Design across
the bay to study under Arthur Mathews. His time at the school
was brief. Accustomed to working from life, Maynard felt
stifled in the classroom working from castes. After a few
months, he quit school.
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