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Helen Clark Oldfield

Helen Clark Oldfield (1902 - 1981) was active/lived in California.  Helen Oldfield is known for Mod still life, portrait, landscape.

Copyright by Owner

The following is from Jayne Oldfield Blatchly, daughter of the artist and Trustee, Otis Oldfield Estate and Archives.

Helen Clark Oldfield was born in Santa Rosa.  Her father, James E. Clark, invested in local hops farms. He was a director of the first Santa Rosa Bank.

Oldfield lived at 547 Mendocino Avenue, in one of the finest custom-built homes in town. She was the oldest child of the family. They spent summers in their beach cabin at Jenner-by-the-Sea.

She was a good student and graduated from DeWitt Montgomery High in Santa Rosa with college standard grades. Unfortunately, this idyllic situation tumbled down suddenly. due to a fraud scandal at the Bank, her father forfeited most of his assets in order to make good on his client's losses.

At the time when her high school friends were going east to college, Oldfield followed her family to a new life of farming. She found this life frustrating as there was little time for her interests after conclu   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8068 characters.]  Artist bio

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