The 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed the Fortune family 's home , virtually all of Effie 's paintings , and the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art . The following year the family relocated to New York City , where she studied at the Art Students League until 1910 . Frank Vincent DuMond was a favorite teacher from whom she learned the importance of expressing her own individuality and the importance of light effects . From the South American F. Luis Mora she learned the skills of an illustrator . Fortune often painted at Lake George with DuMond . As she sought out further outdoor venues , she was invited by Spencer Trask to paint at Woodstock in the Catskill Mountains . She was elected women 's vice president of the Art Student 's League and contributed some illustrations to '' Harpers Magazine '' . She also studied with William Merritt Chase in her last year at the Art Students League
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
E. Charlton Fortune