Anne Bremer ( May 21 , 1868 – October 26 , 1923 ) was a California painter , influenced by Post-Impressionism , who was called " the most ' advanced ' artist in San Francisco " in 1912 after art studies in New York and Paris . She was described in 1916 as “ one of the strong figures among the young moderns ” and later as “ a crusader for the modern movement . ” She had numerous solo exhibitions , including one in New York . Anne Milly Bremer was born in San Francisco on May 21 , 1868 , to upper-middle-class German-Jewish immigrants Joseph and Minna Bremer . In 1880-81 she traveled in Europe with her parents , and they brought back a cousin , Albert Bender , from Dublin , Ireland , to live with them and work for another uncle , William Bremer . She studied art with Emil Carlsen at the San Francisco Art Students League and with Arthur Mathews and others at the California School of Design , Mark Hopkins Institute of Art , receiving a Certificate of Proficiency in 1898 . By the time she graduated she was on the board of the Sketch Club , an organization of San Francisco women artists , and she was its president at the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . Under her leadership the Sketch Club produced the first major art exhibition in the city after the disaster and enlarged its membership to include men
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Anne Bremer