Jane (Jennie) Roma McElroy (1867-1923) was an American painter.

Biography

McElroy was born in 1867 in San Francisco, California. She attended the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art at the

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. Her professors included

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and

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. McElroy exhibited her paintings at the California State Fair in 1890 and 1891, the

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, the San Francisco Art Association from 1896 through 1917, the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute in 1899, the San Francisco Sketch Club from 1907 through 1912, and the San Francisco Sequoia Club in 1909. She also exhibited her work at the California State Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. McElroy died in San Francisco in 1923. She never married.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McElroy, Jane Roma 1867 births 1923 deaths Artists from San Francisco 19th-century American women artists 20th-century American women artists San Francisco Art Institute alumni