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William Swift Daniell (1865 – June 28, 1933) was an American painter, and the founder of The Painters' Club of Los Angeles. He built the second studio in the
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Life

Daniell was born in 1865 in
San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
. He was educated in Boston and Paris. Daniell opened a studio in Los Angeles, where he painted watercolors. He also founded The Painters' Club of Los Angeles. He later moved to the new
art colony An art colony, also known as an artists' colony, can be defined two ways. Its most liberal description refers to the organic congregation of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, often drawn by areas of natural beauty, the prior existence o ...
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Laguna Beach, California Laguna Beach (; ''Laguna'', Spanish language, Spanish for "Lagoon") is a seaside resort city located in southern Orange County, California, in the United States. It is known for its mild year-round climate, scenic coves, environmental preservat ...
, where he opened the second studio after
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built the first one. Daniell married Annie Laurie Lantz. He died on June 28, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, at age 68.


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1865 births 1933 deaths Painters from San Francisco Painters from Los Angeles People from Laguna Beach, California American male painters American watercolorists 19th-century American painters 20th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists {{California-stub