Orpha Klinker

Orpha Mae Klinker (1891–1964) was an American artist well known for her California plein air landscape paintings and etchings as well as her portraiture and to the fore California historic sites. She was as a consequence an lively illustrator and graphic designer. Klinker was certified for her series of historical and fortune-hunter paintings. She painted a series of portraits of notable Californians and memorialized many historic to come California structures upon canvas. On October 14, 1963, she was awarded a utter by the City Council of Los Angeles, recognizing her outstanding professional talent and acceptance for the many honors she has brought to the city. The commendatory scroll praised Klinker for her role as an oil painter and mentioned many of her portrait subjects such as General John C. Frémont, Andrés Pico, José Antonio Carrillo and Dr. Joseph P. Widney.