Helen Tanner Brodt
Painter, the first white woman known to climb Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park
About Helen Tanner Brodt
Lived 1838 – 1908 (aged 69). Helen Tanner Brodt was an American portrait painter, landscape painter and painter.
Helen Alice Tanner Brodt (April 21, – ) was an American landscape and portrait painter.
Helen Tanner was born on April 21, in Elmira, New York. She studied art at the National Academy of Design. She married Aurelius W. Brodt, a school teacher (and later principal), and they settled in Red Bluff, California in 1863. In August 1864, she and her husband accompanied Pierson B. Reading to the summit of Lassen Peak, making her the first white woman to known to have climbed that mountain. Reading named nearby Lake Helen after her.
The Brodts lived in various places in northern California. Brodt taught art in the Oakland, California public schools, where her students included Arthur Frank Mathews, brother of Walter J. Mathews. She also opened her own studio.
Helen Tanner Brodt died on 10 March 1908 in Berkeley, California.
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Who was Helen Tanner Brodt?
painter, the first white woman known to climb Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park
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Helen Tanner Brodt was born on 21 April 1838 in Elmira.
When did Helen Tanner Brodt die?
Helen Tanner Brodt died on 10 March 1908 in Berkeley.
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Helen Tanner Brodt was a portrait painter, landscape painter and painter.
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Helen Tanner Brodt was American.
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