Louise Janin was born in Durham , to a well-off family of French descent . Her father had put together a rich collection of Asian art . After the remarriage of her mother at the beginning of the 20th century , she lived in San Francisco , witnessing the earthquake of 1906 . Demonstrating from early childhood dispositions for drawing , theater and music , it was in painting that she decided to educate herself
earthquake of 1906
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Louise Janin